Jared Padalecki - Jared News and Appearances #8 - Because Jared is a Blockbuster Man! YAY

**HappySquared** · 02-14-2009, 10:57 PM

From the last thread...

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Lucky day for Jason as 'Friday the 13th' nabs a scary $19 million

The tracking services which movie studios live and die by in order to determine just how a movie is going to perform at the box office have been severely off from time to time. Just last month, no one at Sony Pictures would have expected the late Christmas present they received with the big opening of "Paul Blart: Mall Cop." February's latest mix up? A little movie called "Friday the 13th."

It's not that anyone didn't expect the reboot of the long-running horror franchise to do well, in fact, tracking showed a four day cume somewhere in the mid 20's. Well, it looks like moviegoers missed the hockey-mask wearing killer more than anyone thought, because Jason's return did $19.5 million alone on Friday. In a very shrewd move, the studio has also been selling the film as a date night for Valentine's Day which means the horror flick shouldn't experience the traditional Friday to Saturday drop most films in the genre do. With a four day weekend also in the cards, the New Line and Paramount co-production is looking at a final four day total north of $50 million. And with the film also opening day and date in the U.K. the money is just beginning to rake in. Expect an announcement within days (hours?) of another return to Crystal Lake (not that you didn't think it was coming after that ending).

1. "Friday the 13th," $19.5 million
2. "He's Just Not That Into You," $5 million, $40.4 million to date
3. "Taken," $4.67 million, $63.3 million to date
4. "Confessions of a Shopaholic," $4.4 million
5. "Coraline," $3 million, $23.2 million to date
6. "The International," $2.6 million
7. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," $2.4 million, $101.2 million to date
8. "The Pink Panther 2," $1.7 million, $15.2 million to date
9. "Push," $1.7 million, $14.1 million to date
10. "Slumdog Millionaire," $1.5 million, $80 million to date

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OMG! I'm so happy for our dear Paddy!

Gotta add this too!

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'Friday the 13th' kills at box office
New Line remake nabs $19.3 million Friday

Traditionally Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck, but for Warner Bros./New Line it was a day of good fortune.
The distribs' release of the horror reboot "Friday the 13th" scored a boffo $19.3 million from 3,105 theaters - the best domestic opening day ever for an R-rated horror-slasher pic.

Warner Bros./New Line also collected some more coin with last weekend's No. 1 holdover "He's Just Not That Into You." The romantic comedy took second place with $5 million, down 52%, from 3,175 for a running eight-day cume of $40.5 million.

"Friday the 13th" was produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes label which was also behind New Line's 2003 redux of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Among the latest string of '70s-'80s horror franchise remakes, "Texas Chainsaw" remains the top grossing one with $80 million at the domestic B.O. Paramount, which handled the original 1980 release, is on board as a co-producer with the 2009 version and is distributing the pic overseas.

By the time final four-day holiday figures are counted on Monday, "Friday the 13th" could post an opening somewhere north of the mid $50 million range, potentially besting the frame's record holder, 2007's "Ghost Rider" which made $52 million. Previous first day champ for an R-rated horror slasher belonged to 2007's "Saw IV" which grossed $14.8 million.

Among theater averages yesterday, "Friday the 13th" also had one of the highest among all pics playing with $6,215.

In its third Friday, Fox's Liam Neeson thriller "Taken" topped the day's other two wide releases, Disney's "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and Sony's "The International," raking in $4.7 million, down 25% on 3,109 for a running B.O. of $63.4 million.

Disney's Jerry Bruckheimer production "Confessions of a Shopaholic" nabbed fourth with $4.4 million from 2,507.

Focus Features' family pic "Coraline" dipped 34% in its second Friday, earning $3 million from 2,320. Its eight day cume stands at $23.2 million.

Sony's Clive Owen-Naomi Watts thriller "The International" bowed in sixth with $2.6 million from 2,364. The studio's next title in the top 10, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" continued to be the big man at the B.O. becoming the year's first $100 million grosser with $2.4 million in seventh place, down 13%, on 2,965.

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allybubba · 02-14-2009, 11:38 PM

That's my boy.

I knew this movie would do amazing.

Jason ftw.

**HappySquared** · 02-14-2009, 11:46 PM

And I'm suppose to go and watch the Pilot but Im' still here.

I'm just too excited.

allybubba · 02-14-2009, 11:59 PM

LOL, go watch it!!!!

The more Jared the better.

**HappySquared** · 02-15-2009, 12:03 AM

All right. I'm off for now.

**storm warning** · 02-15-2009, 12:05 AM

Congrats Jared!!!! <333

ryllsome · 02-15-2009, 12:35 AM

wow. great news 4 jared. Thanks 4D new thread.

sweetygirl · 02-15-2009, 04:53 AM

wooooohooooooooo

go jared goooo

**sprezzatura** · 02-15-2009, 06:50 AM

Holy Crap! 19 million in a ~~day~~ weekend

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Kenjigirl · 02-15-2009, 09:08 AM

I'm happy for Jared!

snuggle17 · 02-15-2009, 09:11 AM

He definitely deserves it.

Lisa2011 · 02-15-2009, 12:11 PM

Woww, that's so awesome!

Thanks for the new thread, too!

**HappySquared** · 02-15-2009, 02:44 PM

Fantastic numbers, Jared!

allybubba · 02-15-2009, 04:50 PM

42.2 + million.

**HappySquared** · 02-15-2009, 07:06 PM

I want the movie now.

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