G.I. Joe Tops Box Office with $56.2M
Source:Coming Soon.net August 10, 2009
ComingSoon.net has posted the weekend box office estimates, which show that G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra opened to over $100 million worldwide in three days:
The month of August kicked off with the long-awaited live action movie based on the popular Hasbro toys, comic books and cartoons as Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Paramount), starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid and Marlon Wayans, took the top spot with an impressive $56.2 million (estimated) in 4,007 theaters, averaging roughly $14,000 per location. It takes its place as the fourth-biggest August opening of all time, and when one adds in the roughly $44 million grossed overseas this weekend, it makes "G.I. Joe" one of the top August openings of all time.