Night at the Museum BEATS OUT Terminator
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Night at the Museum BEATS OUT Terminator
"Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office (Reuters)
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuter...-office-reuters
So...wonder if it was because of Christian Bale's BS attitude. 
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuter...-office-reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American weekend box office duel between their respective "Night at the Museum" and "Terminator" sequels, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
The 20th Century Fox comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three days beginning Friday, far exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor.
"Terminator Salvation" earned $43.0 million. The film fell short of the $44 million start for the previous entry in the cyborg series, 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the swan song of franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But the race between the two new sequels was closer than it appeared because Warner Bros. got a head start on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend by opening "Terminator" on Thursday, when it earned about $13.4 million. That takes the film's four-day total to $56.4 million.
The studios generally try to avoid each other when they roll out their big movies. In this case, "Night at the Museum" played to a broad audience, while "Terminator" was more targeted at male moviegoers.
Time Warner Inc-owned Warner Bros. said "Terminator" was likely more affected by competition for older men from the National Basketball Association playoffs, which hurt business in cities like Los Angeles.
Fox, a unit of News Corp, said the "Night at the Museum" opening set a new live-action record for Stiller. The film also opened in most international markets, earning $50.5 million.
Last weekend' North American champion, "Angels & Demons," slipped to No. 3 with $21.4 million, taking the 10-day total for Columbia Pictures' Tom Hanks religious thriller to $81.5 million. By contrast, its 2006 predecessor "The Da Vinci Code" had earned $136.5 million after the same period.
But the Sony Corp unit has said it never expected the second film to be as big, and noted it that it was the top choice internationally with sales of $60.4 million. Its foreign total now stands at $198.3 million.
(Editing by Alan Elsner)
The 20th Century Fox comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three days beginning Friday, far exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor.
"Terminator Salvation" earned $43.0 million. The film fell short of the $44 million start for the previous entry in the cyborg series, 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the swan song of franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But the race between the two new sequels was closer than it appeared because Warner Bros. got a head start on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend by opening "Terminator" on Thursday, when it earned about $13.4 million. That takes the film's four-day total to $56.4 million.
The studios generally try to avoid each other when they roll out their big movies. In this case, "Night at the Museum" played to a broad audience, while "Terminator" was more targeted at male moviegoers.
Time Warner Inc-owned Warner Bros. said "Terminator" was likely more affected by competition for older men from the National Basketball Association playoffs, which hurt business in cities like Los Angeles.
Fox, a unit of News Corp, said the "Night at the Museum" opening set a new live-action record for Stiller. The film also opened in most international markets, earning $50.5 million.
Last weekend' North American champion, "Angels & Demons," slipped to No. 3 with $21.4 million, taking the 10-day total for Columbia Pictures' Tom Hanks religious thriller to $81.5 million. By contrast, its 2006 predecessor "The Da Vinci Code" had earned $136.5 million after the same period.
But the Sony Corp unit has said it never expected the second film to be as big, and noted it that it was the top choice internationally with sales of $60.4 million. Its foreign total now stands at $198.3 million.
(Editing by Alan Elsner)
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i remember when t2 first came out and i was mislead to believe that the movie was taking place in the future. finally nearly twenty years later they actually did make a terminator movie taking place during the future war. i saw terminator salvation but i don't really have any urge to see night at the museum 2 in the theaters though. i'll just wait for it to come out on home video.
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Night at the Museum sucked, it was almost like the 1st one kiddie movie, gf liked it thou. Terminator was alright, kinda boring in my opinion(thou I was fustrated, cause I had a bad poker night 
) Terminator if you want some action, Night at the museum if you have kids and want to not laugh at all.
) Terminator if you want some action, Night at the museum if you have kids and want to not laugh at all.
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Being one of the biggest Terminator fans, I was somewhat disappointed after watching TS. Though it was quite consistent and accurate with the previous movies, half of it was Christian Bale screaming at the top of his lungs. It didn't seem like there was much of a plot to the movie. Sam Worthington did a great job as Marcus Wright, way better than CB at least.
Overall I give it a 6.5/10.
Overall I give it a 6.5/10.
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Originally Posted by AutoSid,May 25 2009, 03:43 PM
damn $10?!?
i guess ive got it lucky
im sitting at 3.50-5.00 for tickets
i guess ive got it lucky
im sitting at 3.50-5.00 for tickets
Which one is it...