"Jackass" Jacks Up Box Office
Number Two made number one.
The decidedly un-P.C. hijinks of Jackass: Number Two proved irresistible for legions of teenage boys, racking up $29 million at the multiplex--nearly triple the haul of its closest competitor.
The lone bright spot in yet another down weekend--only one other film topped $10 million in ticket sales and the overall box office was down more than 6 percent from the same time last year, according to the trackers at Exhibitor Relations--Jackass: Number Two was smeared across 3,059 screens, where it averaged $9,481. The ongoing escapades of Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of pranksters had a budget of $11.5 million--a sum the Paramount release had recouped by Friday night.
Needless to say, the audience for the R-rated comedy skewed young male, with 71 percent under 25 and more than two-thirds sporting XY chromosomes.
The original Jackass: The Movie opened in October 2002 at slightly fewer theaters (2,509) and averaged a roughly similar amount per site ($9,073) for a earning $22.7 million. It eventually grossed $64.2 million.
Coming in a distant second was Jet Li's Fearless with $10.6 million. And that was positively boffo compared to the other major newcomers.
The World War I air battle action of Flyboys didn't get off the ground, sputtering into fourth place with $6 million.
Meanwhile, after near universal bashing by critics seemed to derail its Oscar hopes, All the King's Men saw its commercial potential go up in smoke. Despite an amazing pedigree--the film is a remake of the 1949 Academy Award winner and stars Sean Penn as a corrupt politico with support from Jude Law, Patricia Clarkson, Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet--the Sony release only polled $3.7 million to debut in seventh.
Elsewhere on the box-office charts last week's top movie, Gridiron Gang, dropped just 34 percent to land in third place with $9.5 million to bring its two-week score to $27 million.
Also holding up was Everyone's Hero, down only 23 percent to fifth with $4.7 million. The Christopher Reeve-helmed baseball-themed 'toon has tallied $11.5 million in two weeks.
However, things looked bleak for The Black Dahlia, which sank 56 percent in its second week to sixth place with $4.4 million. The noirish mystery hasn't exactly thrilled the suits at Universal, grossing just $17.3 million.
Falling out of the Top 10 in week two was The Last Kiss, dropping 46 percent to land in 12th with $2.5 million for a total of $8.4 million. At least Zach Braff has Scrubs to fall back on.
Dominating the art-house circuit over the weekend was The Science of Sleep. The R-rated Warner Independent release, starring Gael Garcia Bernal as a young man caught between dreams and reality, averaged $24,852 at 14 locations for $347,925.
Also in limited release, the punk rock documentary American Hardcore, an R-rated Sony Pictures Classics entry, earned $21,187 at just one site, while the French thriller Renaissance averaged $5,200 at two sites for $10,400.
Here's a look at the top-grossing weekend movies from Friday-Sunday based on final studio figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. Jackass: Number Two, $29 million
2. Jet Li's Fearless, $10.6 million
3. Gridiron Gang, $9.5 million
4. Flyboys, $6 million
5. Everyone's Hero, $4.7 million
6. The Black Dahlia, $4.4 million
7. All The King's Men, $3.7 million
8. The Covenant, $3.3 million
9. The Illusionist, $3.2 million
10. Little Miss Sunshine, $2.8 million
(Originally published Sept. 24, 2006 at 12:50 p.m. PT.)
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