Sunday, January 08, 2006
HOSTEL scares up $20 million
As much as I loved HOSTEL when I saw it at Fantastic Fest, I had no idea it would be an actual box-office hit. It was no doubt helped by the fact that Quentin Tarantino’s name was attached as an executive producer, but this is a great movie in it’s own right. The healthy box-office performance should give a huge boost to Eli Roth’s career. HOSTEL scared up $20 million over the weekend.
The weekend’s other new flicks didn’t fare nearly as well. GRANDMA’S BOY (a movie I’ve never even heard of) brought in under $3 million and Dr. Boll’s latest videogame adatation, BLOODRAYNE, made less than a million. The complete top 10 is after the jump…
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