8 November 2009 9:44 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Holiday movie season and high Oscar season have kicked off. But only one is kicking butt. While Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol led a bah-humbug weekend with an underwhelming $31 million, per estimates, the Oprah Winfrey- and Tyler Perry-backed award-show contender Precious grossed a stunning $1.8 million at only 18 theaters. Elsewhere, Michael Jackson's This Is It did its thing (solid $14 million here, bigger $29 million overseas), George Clooney's The Men Who Stare at Goats ($13.3 million) did better than expected for a movie with goats and George Clooney in it, and Cameron Diaz's The Box ($7.9 million) just didn't really open. Stay tuned for the complete Top 10 standings. …
Similar News Items
Michael Jackson (I)- News Shorts: December 23rd 2009 (From Dark Horizons. 23 December 2009, 5:48 AM, PST)
- Michael Jackson: A Man Threatened To Kill Him – Classified FBI Document Revealed (From Gossipvita. 23 December 2009, 5:01 AM, PST)
- Conrad Murray to appear in UK television special (From Monsters and Critics. 23 December 2009, 12:00 AM, PST)
George Clooney
- Exploring the production behind "Up in the Air" (From Makingof.com. 23 December 2009, 5:44 AM, PST)
- The Reject Report Spends Christmas with Sherlock Holmes (From FilmSchoolRejects. 23 December 2009, 5:00 AM, PST)
- Weekend Box Office Predictions Game: Holmes Sleuths Chipmunks (From TheHDRoom. 22 December 2009, 6:57 PM, PST)
Cameron Diaz
- Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have all to play for in Knight & Day (From The Guardian - Film News. 23 December 2009, 3:54 AM, PST)
- Brilliant New Trailer For Knight & Day (From FilmShaft.com. 22 December 2009, 6:14 PM, PST)
- First 'Knight and Day' Trailer with Cruise and Diaz (From Get The Big Picture. 22 December 2009, 5:44 PM, PST)
