Knowing Flies Past The Rest
Maybe Nick Cage Knew he would be in first?
The Nicolas Cage studded film Knowing took the cake for this box office weekend as it breezes past the competition. Following very swiftly on its tail are two other films that opened this weekend. The second in the trio of new releases is the Tony Gilroy film Duplicity. Starring Julia Robers and Clive Owen, it follows along two spies who go through with a con against their former bosses while tackling away the old spark the two have for each other. The other in the mix was the John Hamburg directed flick, I Love You Man. Centering on Peter (Paul Rudd) who goes looking for a friend to fit the bill of best man for his wedding and finds a new friend in Sydney (Jason Segel), it places a strain on the relationship between him and his fiancee Zooey (Rashida Jones) that could possibly end in disaster.
Although I Love You Man has the same kind of comedic style that mirrors Apatow flicks, the marketing was far stronger for the action thriller Knowing. With the premise being on how John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) stumbles upon a paper that predicts the past catastrophes that have taken place and ones that will in future time, I’m sure the crowd that loves the strangely bizarre kind of scenarios flocked over towards the theatre (I have to admit it got me intrigued too). Duplicity seemed to get swept under the rug but with the trailer’s seeping of witty charm, it lured itself in a surprising amount of people to their screen (well it kind of surprised me).
Trailing onto other films, Disney’s Race To Witch Mountain still held on strong taking in a good $13 million. Watchmen continues to seep downward, only making $98 million total so far. The Warner Bros flick still has quite a few bucks to rake in to catch up to its budget ($150 million). Take a look below at the box office results for this weekend.
Weekend Box Office (March 20-22)
- Knowing ($24.8 Million)
- I Love You Man ($18 Million)
- Duplicity ($14.4 Million)
- Race To Witch Mountain ($13 Million)
- Watchmen ($6.7 Million)
- Last House On The Left ($5.9 Million)
- Taken ($4.1 Million)
- Slumdog Millionaire ($2.7 Million)
- Madea Goes To Jail ($2.5 Million)
- Coraline ($2.1 Million)
