Two Weeks At Number One for Social Network, America Loves Heigl's Poop Face, and Other Box Office News

Given the general weakness of this week's new releases, it really should surprise no one that The Social Network, David Fincher's heavily dramatized Facebook movie and last week's number one at the box office, retained that spot for the second week in a row, dropping just 30% from last week and pulling in around $15.5 million. Couldn't have happened to a better movie.
 
Of this week's new releases, the Katherine Heigl / Josh Duhamel "We're two comically mismatched people who, through extraordinary circumstances, find ourselves forced to take care of a baby and maybe perhaps fall in love" romantic comedy Life As We Know It debuted the strongest, taking in about $14.6 million. I know we didn't review that one this weekend. Rorie was talking about getting drunk and seeing it with Whiskey Top Man Dave Snider's sister, Karen. Let me tell you, if that took place, it will have been an epic outing. Can't wait to find out what happened.
 
Of the movies we did bother to see, Secretariat is the only one that did halfway decent, coming in third with $12.6 million in tickets. I could sit here and try to analyze how that stacks up against other horse movies, except that I don't care, so I won't. My Soul to Take, Wes Craven's abysmal 3D horror flick, debuted fifth, with a mere $6.9 million. This, despite higher ticket prices on 3D screens. It apparently took the title as "worst 3D opening" from Alpha and Omega. I find that incredibly funny.
 
In other news. Let Me In sadly did exactly what I expected it to do, and dropped off the list entirely. Because, hey, it totally makes sense that people would keep seeing garbage like Case 39 and You Again, right? Bleh.
 
On a more positive note, semi-limited release It's Kind of a Funny Story did good enough business to come in 12th overall upon its debut this weekend. It released on around 700 screens, and will likely go wider next week. I saw it this weekend, and it's actually quite good, so nice to see this one pull a Cyrus / Kids Are All Right and make some good money on the indie circuit.
 
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Box Office Results: 10/08 - 10/10

	1. The Social Network $15.5 million / $46 million Nice to see one of the best movies about a colossal, barely redeemable asshole do this well in its second week. I actually have yet to talk to anyone who's seen this one who didn't like it. Out of curiosity, any of you out there? Comment away, and share your divergent opinion.
	2. Life as We Know It $14.6 million / NEW I should have known this would do way better than Secretariat and My Soul to Take, but I just couldn't bring myself to go see this on Thursday night, and neither could Rorie. There is just something so excruciating about everything this movie appears to be, and the reviews haven't exactly made me think otherwise. Rorie, if you braved this one this weekend, you are a stronger man than I.
	3. Secretariat $12.6 million / NEW A movie about horse racing and Diane Lane making endless, Sandra Bullock-esque inspirational speeches makes ridiculous push for Oscar prestige, and turns out to be pretty mediocre. Eh, with ten possible nominees, it still has a pretty good shot. Just look at The Blind Side last year...
	4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole $7 million / $39.4 million On the one hand, I'm fairly annoyed that the fucking owl movie is still this high on the list, but at the same time, that it is still many, many millions away from making back its budget makes me feel OK about things. And you know...
	5. My Soul to Take $6.9 million / NEW ...It is pretty funny that a crappy 3D animated flick like the owl movie in its third week still did better than this brand-new crappy 3D horror flick in its opening weekend. GOD THIS MOVIE WAS SO TERRIBLE.
	6. The Town $6.3 million / $73.8 million This is likely the beginning of The Town's descent off the list, but it had a wicked good run, kid.
	7. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps $4.6 million / $43.6 million Another massive drop for Wall Street signals that this recent number one is probably not long for this world. On the positive side, Michael Douglas is apparently just about done with his chemotherapy for throat cancer. So yay!
	8. Easy A $4.2 million / $48.1 million I still say Emma Stone would make a way better Mary Jane Watson than a Gwen Stacy, but whatever, I won't argue with seeing her in a big ass movie like The Amazing Spider-Man, regardless of the role.
	9. Case 39 $2.6 million / $9.6 million ....................../´¯/) ....................,/¯../ .................../..../ ............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`·¸ ........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\ ........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...') .........\.................'...../ ..........''...\.......... _.·´ ............\..............( ..............\.............\...
	10. You Again    $2.5 million / $20.8 million See above.

 
Dropped Out: Let Me In, Devil, Alpha and Omega
 
Source: Box Office Mojo