Vantage Takes Point at Box Office
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. With a strong ensemble cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox from “Lost” and Forrest Whitaker, Sony’s political thriller Vantage Point carved itself a definitive lead at the box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $24 million for first place in 3,149 theaters, averaging roughly $7,600 per site. Second place was a horse race between the top two movies over Presidents’ Day weekend,
Doug Liman’s sci-fi action flick Jumper (20th Century Fox) and Paramount Pictures’ fantasy The Spiderwick Chronicles , both which grossed roughly $12.6 million in their second weekends.
