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Box office: 'Expendables' get the most 'Love' over the weekend
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If ever there was a weekend for couples to go their separate ways at the multiplex, this was it. The guys apparently just brought more of their single dude friends with them."The Expendables," Sylvester Stallone's testosterone-spiked action movie, ruled the box office over the weekend, beating the Julia Roberts romance/personal-discovery film "Eat Pray Love."
Sly and his pals opened strong on Friday and continued that trend through the weekend, taking in just over $35 million, according to studio estimates.
"Eat Pray Love," based on the best-selling book and directed by Ryan Murphy ("Glee") couldn't match "The Expendables'" firepower. The movie had a pretty respectable showing at the box office nonetheless, earning $23.7 million. The weekend's other new release, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," was a little farther back, finishing fifth with an estimated $10.5 million.
Last weekend's top two movies, "The Other Guys" and "Inception," finished third and fourth. "The Other Guys" made an additional $18 million. "Inception" pulled in about $11.4 million to push its five-week total to just under $250 million.
The weekend's top 10:
1. "The Expendables," $35 million
2. "Eat Pray Love," $23.7 million
3. "The Other Guys," $18 million
4. "Inception," $11.4 million
5. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," $10.5 million
6. "Despicable Me," $6.8 million
7. "Step Up 3D," $6.6 million
8. "Salt," $6.35 million
9. "Dinner for Schmucks," $6.3 million
10. "Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," $4.1 million
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Just for the record, as a woman, I've been waiting months to see the hard-hitting Expendables and could care less about Eat, Love, Pray. I was actually even a little disappointed that there wasn't *more* action in the film.
I was just happy to see how HOT HOT HOT these fine men looked!!! I could have watched the entire movie without audio and I'd still be in Heaven!!! Praise Jesus for all that Goodness in ONE MOVIE!!! :-P
When you offend half the country with political rants and demean them you can expect them to not see your movies....Julia