The Source Code number isn't doing anything to burnish Jake Gyllenhaal's star credentials--and it faces fairly direct competition from Hanna next weekend.
Insidious is the first release from FilmDistrict, an indie whose management includes Bob Berney, who in previous positions helped guide the releases of Memento and Passion of the Christ. Insidious won't break any records, but it's a solid opening for a low-budget horror movie that puts the studio on the map.
Sucker Punch looks to plummet almost 70% from its opening weekend, which moves it from "major disappointment" to "financial disaster" on the scoreboard.
It turned out nobody was much interested in a PG-13 King's Speech, as the film dropped from last week's R-rated version that was already on its last pre-homevideo legs.
The news was less good for debuting indies: In A Better World is headed for around $7K at each of 4 theatres; Super should do around $5K at each of 11; Trust only $2K at each of 28; and Rubber about $3K at each of 5. The (all-time?) futility mark, though, is set by a little number called Cat Run, which is at 100 theatres and for the whole weekend, is likely to do less than $300 at each.
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Next weekend, apart from Arthur and Hanna, we get the broad comedy Your Highness and the inspiring Soul Surfer Or is it Highness that's inspiring and Surfer that's going for laughs? We'll find out.
--Mitch Salem
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