{"id":8868,"date":"2010-10-30T12:47:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2010-10-30T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T17:47:49","slug":"saw-3d-bounces-back-at-box-office-tops-paranormal-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/30\/saw-3d-bounces-back-at-box-office-tops-paranormal-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saw 3D&#8221; Bounces Back at Box Office, Tops &#8220;Paranormal Activity&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though &#8220;Saw 3D&#8221;&#8216;s box office performance will not take the franchise to new heights, what has been billed as the final &#8220;Saw&#8221; film has improved upon the performance of its predecessor.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/screening-lionsgate-saw\/image\/10073942?term=saw\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/10073942\/screening-lionsgate-saw\/screening-lionsgate-saw.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=10073942\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Screening Of Lionsgate's Saw 3D - Arrivals\" height=\"314\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"HOLLYWOOD - OCTOBER 27: Actor Tobin Bell arrives at the special Los Angeles friends and family screening of Lionsgate's 'Saw 3D' at the Mann's Chinese 6 on October 27, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The latest release garnered $10.7 million at the box office Friday en route to an easy victory.  On pace for a finish in the mid-$20 millions, the 3D version of the film improves up on the $7.0 million earned in the first day of release for &#8220;Saw VI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That film, which hit theaters last year in the weekend prior to Halloween, was also hit hard by &#8220;Paranormal Activity.&#8221;  All the rage at the time, the acclaimed film siphoned a great deal of horror fans from the October staple.<\/p>\n<p>This year, after opening impressively, &#8220;Paranormal Activity&#8221; will settle into second place for its head-to-head showdown with &#8220;Saw.&#8221;  The film earned $5.8 million Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Red&#8221; landed at third with $3.4 million, &#8220;Jackass 3D&#8221; was good for $3.1 million and &#8220;Hereafter&#8221; earned $2.1 million on Friday.<\/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;Saw 3D&quot; 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