Box Office Report: The Proposal is a Hit for Bullock and Reynolds

I just finished watching The Proposal and was pleasantly surprised. The film is your standard romantic comedy, but the casting of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is what brought in such a big audience. $34.1 million worth of an audience to be exact. The romantic comedy was the number one film this weekend marking the first hit for star Sandra Bullock in several years. The pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Bullock was most likely a draw as fans of both actors hit the movie theaters to check out their new flick. The marketing for this film was successful, as the movie’s trailer appealed to both men and women, young and old. That is an ideal demographic right there. Continue reading to check out a full box office report.

Surprisingly, The Proposal was the big draw this father’s day weekend. Although the ultimate guy movie The Hangover was a strong contender in the number two spot. This movie is holding on so strong that I am actually surprised it didn’t score a hat trick and take the number one spot for a third weekend in a row. While it did land in the number two spot, it only dropped 18% from last weekend, bringing in another $26.8 million. After three weeks in release this sleeper comedy hit has made $152.9 million. It is well on its way to the $200 million mark.

Speaking of summer comedies, Jack Black and Michael Cera couldn’t even dethrone the boys from Hangover with their new comedy Year One. This prehistoric flick managed to make $20 million opening weekend, which was pretty much expected, however still low for a movie of this caliber. It did however score more cash than Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost which is slowly slipping off the radar after it’s week $17 million debut. Year One will take a huge hit on Wednesday when it’s target audience, teenage boys, will all be watching Optimus Prime in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

With only two new releases this weekend the rest of the box office looked like this:

Pixar’s Up is still bringing in the money. In week number 4 the 3D animated film made $21.3 million which brings it to a total of $224 million and counting. As already stated, Year One took the number four spot, and the fifth spot went to the Denzel Washington, John Travolta hijack movie The Taking of Pelham 123. Pelham made $11.3 million in week number two which was a 51% decline from last week. It currently stands at an unimpressive $43 million.

The way this summer is stacking up, you either have one week to make or break it. Unless, of course, you are The Hangover and you have clearly set out to destroy the box office numbers. As far as destruction of box office numbers go, check with us this Wednesday as we will have our predictions for the 5 day opening of the mother of all summer blockbusters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen!

Box office numbers courtesy of Boxofficemojo