Ryan Reynolds’s The Proposal Breaks Box Office
Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock’s romantic comedy, The Proposal opened strong. Moviegoers weren’t able to resist the pull of the movie as they helped make it a hit with $12.4 million gross, which marked the best opening ever for Sandra. The figure is nearly double the result of her previous 2007 movie, Premonition, which earned only $6.3 on its first day.
Battling for second place were two raunchy comedies: Harold Ramis‘ prehistoric and poorly-reviewed Jack Black-starrer, Year One and the summer’s unexpected hit, The Hangover, which dropped a mere 18% from last Friday. Both movies tallied approximately $8.5 million on Friday, but early estimates give a slight lead to Year One.
Disney/Pixar’s Up continued its remarkably gradual descent, falling only 31% in its fourth week for a gross of $6.1 million. Friday’s figures are below:
1. The Proposal — $12.4 mil
2. Year One — $8.5 mil
3. The Hangover — $8.47 mil
4. Up — $6.1 mil
5. The Taking of Pelham 123 — $3.2 mil
Over the weekend, The Proposal already pulled in $24 million. So while this seems to be the biggest film of the weekend and the buzz is good, a $24 mil gross would have to be considered a sizable success.
Anyways, for this movie, Sandra Bullock and EW’s new cover hunk Ryan Reynolds, play two coworkers who decide to marry to avoid her deportation to Canada. Ryan plays the harangued assistant to Sandra’s demanding boss character.
To put things in a little perspective, box office-wise, despite his multiple attempts, Ryan has yet to break out as a box office king with him in the lead (Wolverine starred popular actor, Hugh Jackman as the lead, and not Ryan). On the other hand, Sandra, though still an undeniably popular star, has never had a movie open north of Premonition’s $17.6 mil two years ago, which, come to think of it, is her last before The Proposal.
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