Cartoon ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Tops Box Office

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By MAJOR TOM | October 19, 2009

A cartoon-movie adaptaion of a children’s book tops this week’s U.S. box office following on the path of runaway cartoon hits recently.

The screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 1963 picture book about a rebellious boy who sails to a fantasyland of cuddly monsters earned US$32.5 million (RM110.5 million) in its debut.

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“Wild Things,” a live action remake of the 1963 Maurice Sendak picture book, stomped past the naysayers and took in an estimated $32.5 million in ticket sales.

The No. 2 box office winner, “Law Abiding Citizen,” starring Jamie Foxx, also outperformed expectations with a take of $21million.

Last week’s number one movie, “Couple’s Retreat” starring comic favorites Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman, scored 18 million dollars.

In fifth place was the horror flick “The Stepfather,” the remake of a 1987 thriller, which earned 12.3 million dollars.

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the animated tale of an island rained on by junk food, fell to sixth place, earning 8.1 million dollars in box office receipts.

Tongue-in-cheek comedy “Zombieland” came in seventh place, earning 7.8 million dollars.

Falling to the eighth spot was the 3-D format re-release of popular Pixar cartoons “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” which took in a combined three million dollars. The films came ahead of the much-anticipated “Toy Story 3,” due out next year.

Futuristic Bruce Willis action film “Surrogates” — about people living their lives through sexy robot replicas of themselves — took ninth place with 1.92 million dollars.

In 10th place was “The Invention of Lying,” which stars British comedian Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner as a couple living in an alternative reality where nobody ever lies. The film took in 1.9 million dollars.

See complete list:

1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WARNER BROS. $32,470,000
2. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN OVERTURE FILMS $21,250,000
3. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY PARAMOUNT $20,163,000
4. COUPLES RETREAT UNIVERSAL $17,949,000
5. THE STEPFATHER (REMAKE) SONY PICTURES $12,300,000
6. ZOMBIELAND SONY PICTURES $7,800,000
7. TOY STORY WALT DISNEY STUDIOS $3,011,000
8. SURROGATES WALT DISNEY STUDIOS $1,922,000
9. THE INVENTION OF LYING WARNER BROS. $1,905,000
10. WHIP IT! FOX SEARCHLIGHT $1,525,000

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