In our new box office landscape, where zombies prowl the earth and earn an easy #1 for the weekend, there is one depressing new maxim: Movies made by, for, and starring women are going to ta-ank. Witness the heavily-hyped Whip It, which opened in sixth place yesterday; not only will it pale in comparison to the already-brutal Jennifer's Body opening numbers, it couldn't even beat The Invention of Lying, for Christ's sake. And it was released by Fox Searchlight! Ladies, what do you want from the movies? I'm not a mind-reader over here.
Full figures after the jump:
ZOMBIELAND: $9,300,000 (new)
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS: $3,600,000 ($69,300,000)
TOY STORY 1 & 2 3-D: $3,200,000 (new)
THE INVENTION OF LYING: $2,400,000 (new)
SURROGATES: $2,200,000 ($21,200,000)
WHIP IT: $1,600,000 (new)
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY: $1,500,000 ($1,900,000)
FAME: $1,400,000 ($13,300,000)
THE INFORMANT: $1,100,000 ($23,900,000)
LOVE HAPPENS: $900,000 ($17,000,000)