YOUR WEAKEND BOX OFFICE: It was the kind of weekend where a non-debuting historical drama about the butler for Eisenhower and Reagan easily ran the table (though receipts were up 10% against the same weekend last year). That said, Lee Daniels’ The Butler served the competition a big tray of in-your-face in its second frame. As for the debuts, The Mortal Instruments had a middling first week for a YA adaptation, The World’s End foamed up a strong per-screen bow (recouping nearly half its budget) for a movie about pub-crawling Brits battling robots, and buzzing indie slasher You’re Next (widely thought to be a candidate for #1) fell on its own knife and landed below the Top 5 with just $7m. Meanwhile, road comedy We’re the Millers is on track to be August's biggest-grossing flick, having racked up $91m in three weeks.
With Oscar buzz and incredible word of mouth, Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine entered the Top 10 after going wide this week; it's already made $14m. This is no surprise to Hollywood execs, who always said butlers and depressed ladies are a sure thing. Meanwhile, the UMPG Gazette gave City of Bones a disappointing review because nobody rolled a single bone in the whole movie. Bogus! (8/26a)
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