Michael Jackson’s “This is It” pulls $101 million

Michael Jackson’s This Is It” has pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days hitting the charts across the world.

“This Is It” raised its domestic total to $32.5 million. The movie pulled in $68.5 million overseas, including $10.4 million in Japan, $6.3 million in Germany, $5.8 million in France and $3.2 million in China. “He’s just loved everywhere on the planet,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. “This Is It” originally was scheduled for a theatrical run of only two weeks. This is being termed as one of the most successful hit films on the box office in America.

“Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” is on number one position with $21.3 million, “Paranormal Activity,” on umber two with $16.5 million, “Law Abiding Citizen,” on number three with $7.3 million, “Couples Retreat,” on number four with $6.1 million, “Saw VI,” on number fifth with $5.6 million, “Where the Wild Things Are,” on number sixth with $5.1 million, “The Stepfather,” on number seventh with $3.4 million, “Astro Boy,” on number eight with $3.04 million, “Amelia,” on number ninth with $3 million and “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” is on number 10th position with business of $2.8 million.

‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office

LOS ANGELES : ‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office, Relationship comedy ‘Couples Retreat’ shot to the top of the North American box office in its first week of release, final figures showed Monday.

The movie, starring comic favourites Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman, follows four couples at a retreat where their relationships come under a little more scrutiny than they would like.

The movie scored 34.3 million dollars to knock down tongue-in-cheek comedy “Zombieland” to the number two spot, according to figures from Exhibitor Relations.

The gory but hilarious take on a zombie invasion, starring Woody Harrelson, took 14.8 million dollars in its second week in theatres.

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the animated tale of an island rained on by junk food, also fell a place to number three, earning 11.5 million in box office receipts.

In fourth place was low-budget supernatural thriller “Paranormal Activity,” raking in 7.9 million dollars after being screened in only 159 theatres.

The film, reportedly made for a paltry 11,000 dollars, has earned comparisons to 1999 hit “The Blair Witch Project” and focuses on supernatural goings on in a suburban San Diego house.

Falling to fifth spot was the 3-D format re-release of popular Pixar cartoons “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” which took in a combined 7.8 million. The films came ahead of the much-anticipated “Toy Story 3,” due out next year.

Futuristic Bruce Willis action film “Surrogates” about people living their lives through sexy robot replicas of themselves took sixth place with 4.3 million dollars.

Coming in seventh was “The Invention of Lying,” which stars British comedian Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner as a couple living in an alternative reality where nobody ever lies. The film took 3.3 million dollars.

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut “Whip It” set in the world of all-female roller derbies with “Juno” star Ellen Page was eighth with 2.8 million dollars.

Ninth spot was taken by controversial documentarian Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story,” with 2.6 million dollars.

Rounding out the top 10 was “Fame,” an updated version of the 1980 musical, earning 2.5 million dollars in its third week in theatres.

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‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office was first posted on October 13, 2009 at 9:27 am.