SANDRA BULLOCK - THE PROPOSAL GRABS A BRASS RING

THE PROPOSAL GRABS A BRASS RING

Movie audiences said "I do" to The Proposa l over the weekend, bestowing an estimated $34.1 million dollars on it ‹ well above analysts' predictions ‹ and making it the weekend's best performer at the box office. For Sandra Bullock, who appeared in her first film in 1987, it was the best opening of her career, earning nearly twice the amount of her previous best, 2007's Premonitio n, which took in $17.6 million. Meanwhile, the only other film to open wide over the weekend, the Jack Black-Michael Cera comedy Year One took in about $20.2 million, -- at the high end of expectations -- to place fourth. At the same time, Warner Bros.' The Hangove r hung in for a third week to place second with $26.9 million, only 18 percent below the previous weekend. And Disney's Up continued to float close behind in third place with $21.3 million, to bring its four-week total to $224.1 million, the second-best gross of the year, behind Star Trek . In limited release, Woody Allen's Whatever Work s opened in nine theaters in New York and Los Angeles with $280,720 -- or a solid $31,191 per theater. Overall, the box office was up 3 percent above the comparable weekend a year ago, following three consecutive down weekends.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo 1. The Proposal , $34.1 million; 2. The Hangover , $26.9 million; 3 . Up, $21.3 million; 4. Year One , $20.2 million; 5. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 , $11.3 million; 6. Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian , $7.3 million; 7 . Star Trek, $4.7 million; 8. Land of the Lost , $4 million; 9. Imagine That , $3.1 million; 10. Terminator Salvation , $3.07 million.

22/06/2009