BOX OFFICE: Evan isn't so Almighty
Surprise, surprise. EVAN ALMIGHTY is gonna end up in the red. That's what she said? That's what I said!
Well it didn't take a Box Office expert to know that Evan Almighty was set up to fail ever since the budget of $160 - $200 million was revealed back in October. Although it was pretty obvious, I stated that "there was no way in hell Evan would make a profit and someone would get fired over this movie" in my original post. The Steve Carell led sequel to Bruce Almighty raked in only $32.1 million in it's debut weekend which is less than half of the original's $68 million. It's going to need a long run in cinema's and a big worldwide gross to stop this being a disaster but that seems unlikely. A lackluster trailer, a story that doesn't look half as interesting as "the man who becomes God" in the first movie and the absence of Jim Carrey must all play a part in this failure. A great trailer and some stellar reviews for 1408 put the horror/thriller in second place just ahead of Fantastic Four 2. The movie took in $20.2 million and is the highest opening weekend for a Stephen King adapted movie ever. Elsewhere, critics are calling Angelina Jolie's performance in A Mighty Heart the best of her career, but it only opened to $4 million at 10th place. 1 Evan Almighty (2007) $32.1M $32.1M 2 1408 (2007) $20.2M $20.2M 3 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) $20.1M $97.6M 4 Ocean's Thirteen (2007) $11.3M $91M 5 Knocked Up (2006) $10.6M $109M 6 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) $7.21M $287M 7 Surf's Up (2007) $6.7M $47.3M 8 Shrek the Third (2007) $5.75M $308M 9 Nancy Drew (2007) $4.5M $16.2M 10 A Mighty Heart (2007) $4.01M $4.01M RELEASED NEXT WEEK: Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille, Sicko, Evening, Vitus (limited) source - box office mojo, imdb