NIGHTCRAWLER CRAWLS TO THE TOP OF THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND TOP TEN BOX OFFICE!
1. Nightcrawler/ORF Wknd/$ 10.9 Total/$ 10.9
2. Quija/Universal Wknd/$ 10.9 Total/$ 35.0
3. Fury/Sony Wknd/$ 9.1 Total/$ 60.4
4. Gone Girl/Fox Wknd/$ 8.8 Total/$ 136.6
5. The Book of Life/Fox Wknd/$ 8.3 Total/$ 40.5
6. St. Vincent/Weinstein Wknd/$ 7.8 Total/$ 19.5
7. John Wick/LG-S Wknd/$ 8.1 Total/$ 27.6
8. Alexander & The Terrible…/Disney Wknd/$ 6.5 Total/$ 53.6
9. The Judge/WB Wknd/$ 4.4 Total/$ 39.6
10. Dracula Untold/Universal Wknd/$ 2.9 Total/$ 52.9
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE X-MAN EITHER
Nightcrawler opens at number one, no doubt as a result of some slightly intoxicated Halloween moviegoers who kept wondering when the monster was going to show up. Not that kind of Nightcrawler, kids. While I’m not entirely put off by the premise of a bottom-feeding video journalist who trolls the LA night for crime stories and gets caught up in one, two things put me off: 1) I could care less about Jake Gyllenhaal. Seriously, a different leading man and maybe I make the time. And 2) I seriously could care less about LA. Once again, you set this in San Francisco a real city, one worth seeing at night and again, maybe I make the time. Yes, I know. I’m as fickle as hell.
SHAME ON YOU, REDUX!
Quija is down to number two and once again, America, you should be ashamed. And I’ll shame you again when the sequel comes out as this only cost $5M to make and has now made almost $35M.
MAKE MY DAY…BY MAKING MY SON A STAR
Fury holds at number three and also in this is Scott Eastwood. Yes, son of Clint. May his career turn out a little better than that of his sister, Allison Eastwood, who peaked with a horrible southern accent in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, also directed by dad. He did her no favors with that one. Scott also started working for dad, but under the name of Scott Reeves. Yeah, kid. It may seem honorable, but life is hard enough. If you’re letting your dad give you a job you might as well use name. Otherwise it’s as disingenuous as hell.
YEAH THAT TITLE WAS ALL-TOO-ACCURATE FOR SOME
Gone Girl is down to number four and also in this and unrecognizable as an adult is Patrick Fugit, the kid journalist from “almost famous.”
