The latest figures show that the weekend gross of Walt Disney’s animated film WALL-E added up to $63.1 million, toppling the Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy starrer “Wanted”, which made a not-so-measly $50.9 million over the weekend.
WALL-E was made by Pixar animation, the same team behind the huge box office successes like “Cars”, “Toy Story”, “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles”.
It tells the story of a wide-eyed robot who travels to outer space in search of a friend, right after the planet Earth becomes inhabitable.
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So what’s the reason behind the surge of moviegoers during the weekend who flocked the theaters to watch these two entirely different movies?
The sour economy and high gas prices may be helping to fuel Hollywood‘s boom, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers. Movies tend to thrive when times are tough because they are relatively cheap compared to sports events, concerts and other outings.
“Audiences are obviously gravitating toward the movies as their first choice for entertainment,” Dergarabedian said. “It doesn’t take that much gas to get to the local multiplex. That might have a little something to do with this, as well.”
Hmm… that’s certainly a thought to ponder on. I haven’t been out of my desk working my buns off for the entire week. I may just go out to see both of these movies this weekend.
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I would choose Wall E over Wanted.
Wanted is a sh*t!!! They’ve stolen the idea from Matrix, invited Jolie and Morgan Freeman - and the movie is ready? Oh, and of course Naked Jolie’s Back! That is all about the movie. Nothing more… It is not worth of spending your time… I choose Walle.
I liked Wanted - pretty tense! But I am dying to see Wall-e - it must be so cute! The trailer itself makes you wanna run to the movies immediately! Pixar did a great job making a robot so “human”…
Wall-e is such an awesome movie/cartoon!!! It’s the best I’ve seen in years, even better than Madagascar, Ice Age and Shrek all rolled together! I just love, love what Pixar and Disney did, this Wall-e character is more human than any human in any other movie! It’s just awesome!