{"id":3359,"date":"2009-10-03T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2009-10-03T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T18:59:22","slug":"zombieland-attacks-box-office-lying-whip-it-far-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/10\/03\/zombieland-attacks-box-office-lying-whip-it-far-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Zombieland&#8221; Attacks Box Office, &#8220;Lying,&#8221; &#8220;Whip It&#8221; Far Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Box office rule number forty four &#8211; In order to stand out from a pack of new comedy releases, make sure to include a healthy dose of zombies.<\/p>\n<p>The living dead-themed comedy &#8220;Zombieland&#8221; dominated the box office on Friday, earning $9.4 million.  The exceptionally-reviewed film, which stars Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, played quite well with the 18-34 crowd and could recoup its $23.6 million production budget by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The other new comedies were not so groundbreaking&#8211;&#8220;The Invention of Lying&#8221; was good for $2.5 million (4th place), while &#8220;Whip It&#8221; pulled an estimated $1.6 million in receipts (6th place).  Both were in less than 2000 theatres (whereas &#8220;Zombieland&#8221; debuted in over 3000), but the numbers simply cannot be spun as great (even though &#8220;Invention&#8221; did top studio expectations)<\/p>\n<p>Holdover champ &#8220;Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs&#8221; added $3.7 million to its total for second place Friday, beating out a 3D re-release of &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Toy Story 2&#8221; ($3.2 million, 3rd place).  Though a spike is due for both films Saturday when family audiences attend matinee screenings, neither will rival &#8220;Zombieland&#8221; for the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surrogates&#8221; was the fifth-best-grossing film Friday with $2.2 million, while Michael Moore&#8217;s &#8220;Capitalism: A Love Story&#8221; posted returns of $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=jesse eisenberg&#038;iid=6644908\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/6\/f\/a\/3\/Zombieland_Chicago_Premiere_4990.jpg?adImageId=4094971&#038;imageId=6644908\" width=\"380\" height=\"520\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"&quot;Zombieland&quot; Chicago Premiere\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Zombieland&quot; Attacks Box Office, &quot;Lying,&quot; &quot;Whip It&quot; Far Behind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Box office rule number forty four - In order to stand out from a pack of new comedy releases, make sure to include a healthy dose of zombies. 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