Christmas Carol takes weekend B.O. top spot with $31M
November 9, 2009 – 1:09 pmDisney’s A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey brings in $31 million at this weekend’s box office placing it in the No. 1 spot. IMAX screens showing the film generated $4.5 million of the film’s gross. The Associated Press reports:
Jim Carrey’s Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on “A Christmas Carol,” which took in $31 million to open as the weekend’s top movie.
The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic knocked the King of Pop out of the No. 1 spot as “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” slipped to second place with $14 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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“A Christmas Carol” came in ahead of “Polar Express,” which had an opening weekend of $23.5 million. But it fell well short of the $55.1 million opening for Carrey’s previous holiday tale, “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” in 2000.
Holiday-themed films tend to hold up well through the season, among them Disney’s “The Santa Clause” comedies. After its modest start, “The Polar Express” went on to become a $160 million hit by the end of its run and has become a holiday perennial in rereleases in huge-screen IMAX theaters.
“A Christmas Carol” did three-fourths of its business in theaters showing 3-D versions. Huge-screen IMAX theaters, which represented only 5 percent of the theater count, accounted for $4.5 million, or 14.5 percent, of the movie’s total gross, said Greg Foster, IMAX chairman and president.
UPDATE: More on the weekend box office from these news sources:
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Christmas Carol’ wins boxoffice
ScreenCrave: Weekend Box Office: Bah-Humbug Still Popular
MovieNation: Weekend box office: Bah, humbug; Hooray, “Precious”
CNN: ‘Christmas Carol’ No. 1 at box office
ComingSoon.net: A Christmas Carol Tops the Box Office
MovieWeb: BOX OFFICE BEAT DOWN: Disney’s a Christmas Carol Celebrates the Holidays Early with $31 Million
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