{"id":837,"date":"2009-06-21T17:49:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=837"},"modified":"2009-06-21T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T21:49:28","slug":"weekend-box-office-big-victory-for-the-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/06\/21\/weekend-box-office-big-victory-for-the-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: Big Victory For “The Proposal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday’s numbers held up, and the Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy “The Proposal” cruised to an easy weekend box office victory.<\/p>\n

The film easily posted Sandra Bullock’s best-ever opening figure, scoring an estimated $34.1 million from 3,056 screens. “The Hangover,” its closest competition, earned $26.9 million, which marked only an 18.1% decline from last week’s gross. The well-reviewed comedy’s cumulative gross is now at $152.9 million, and it now appears a lock to top the gross of big budget blockbuster “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”<\/p>\n

“Up” followed in third ($21.3 million), topping new release “Year One” ($20.2 million). Though “Year One” only placed fourth, it still fell within its projected range, an accomplishment given its absolutely terrible reviews.<\/p>\n

“The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” was fifth with $11.3 million.<\/p>\n

On the limited side, Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works,” which stars Larry David, opened to $281,000 on nine screens.<\/p>\n

Weekend Top Ten:<\/b>
\n1) The Proposal – $34.1 million
\n2) The Hangover – $26.9 million ($152.9 million)
\n3) Up – $21.3 million ($224.1 million)
\n4) Year One – $20.2 million
\n5) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 – $11.3 million ($43.3 million)
\n6) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – $7.3 million ($156 million)
\n7) Star Trek – $4.7 million ($239.4 million)
\n8) Land of the Lost – $4 million ($43.7 million)
\n9) Imagine That – $3.1 million ($11.4 million)
\n10) Terminator: Salvation – $3.1 million ($119.5 million)<\/p>\n

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