Saw IV sliced its way to the top spot over the weekend.....
Brandon Gray of
Box Office Mojo:Another Halloween weekend and another big 'Saw' opening. The horror sequel raked in an estimated $32.1 million...
Pamela McClintock of
Variety:
Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ “Saw IV” easily slaughtered the competition at the weekend domestic box office, becoming the highest opener of the troubled fall and upsetting conventional wisdom that hardcore horror no longer works.
“Saw IV” grossed an estimated $32.1 million from 3,183 locations, just shy of the $33.6 million domestic opening of “Saw III” but ahead of the $31.7 million opening of “Saw II,” according to Rentrak. It gives Lionsgate its third film of the fall to come in No. 1 after “3:10 to Yuma” and Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?”
The second headline of the weekend was Disney’s offbeat dramedy “Dan in Real Life,” toplining Steve Carell and directed by Peter Hedges. Film, produced by Jonathan Shestack, proved a welcome antidote to the flood of serious fall dramas, opening at an estimated $12 million from 1,921 theaters and coming in at No. 2. Pierce Gardner and Hedges penned the script, while Juliette Binoche and Dane Cook also star...
Joshua Rich of
Entertainment Weekly:
As expected, the horror flick brought in a great debut number ($32.1 mil) -- but not enough to boost overall box office...Look for the Saw/Halloween connection to
continue....(forever?)
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