"Dis" Satisfaction

As I had hoped, the thriller Disturbia holds on yet again, to win the latest round of the cineplex derby....

Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo:

Disturbia led the box office for the third weekend in a row, fending off another slate of weak movies that included Next...

LaBeouf And Roemer Get A Last Taste At #1 Before Spidey Comes Calling

Ian Mohr of Variety:

Highly anticipated summer pics will take center stage starting Friday, when "Spider-Man 3" swings into theaters, but it didn't take much to capture No. 1 this weekend in a dismal spring scene at the multiplexes.

Top 10 pics combined over the weekend for a paltry $57 million -- a mark the webslinger will likely break all by himself in his opening.

With [folks] largely eschewing the movie theaters, Paramount and DreamWorks' left-field hit "Disturbia" managed to take the No. 1 spot for the third weekend in a row, with just $9 million. The PG-13 rated pic brought its cume to $52.1 million, as it dropped only 30% from the previous frame.

It'll surely be months before any pic can again capture No. 1 with $9 million.

Overall B.O. was way off pace from last weekend: The combined total of the top 10 pics plunged roughly $11.5 million.

The wave of new movies failed to generate much traction with [audiences].

No. 2 was Disney's debuting supernatural pic "The Invisible," with $7.6 million.

Nicolas Cage, who had luck earlier this year with the superhero vehicle "Ghost Rider," couldn't weave his magic once again: His latest pic, "Next," about a small-time magician who sees into the future, conjured only $7.2 million in its debut.

Par pic landed at No. 3. It had better luck overseas, however, finishing No. 1 in the U.K. and France over the weekend, according to weekend estimates.

Among other new titles, Lions gate actioner "The Condemned," starring WWE grappler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, was relegated to ninth place with just $4 million.

And the Yari Film Group and Jamie Kennedy comedy "Kickin' It Old Skool" got kicked to the curb, missing the top 10 altogether. Break-dancing comedy spun out to just $2.8 million, generating only $1,541 per theater...

The entire article can be read here...

In his Weekend Wrap-Up for Entertainment Weekly, Joshua Rich writes:

Shia LaBeouf's thriller manages to hold off weak newcomers, bringing in another $9.1 mil

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