January 17, 200521 yr Samuel L. Jackson stars in Coach Carter More Photos... 'Coach Carter' Scores at Box Office Sunday January 16 1:36 PM ET Samuel L. Jackson bounced "Meet the Fockers" from the top spot at the North American box office after three weekends with his basketball movie "Coach Carter," while Jennifer Garner dropped the first bomb of the year with her superheroine saga "Elektra." According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, "Coach Carter" sold $23.6 million worth of tickets in the three days beginning Jan. 14, followed by "Fockers" with $19.0 million. "Elektra," which was crushed by the critics, opened at No. 5 with $12.5 million. Even Halle Berry's unloved "Catwoman" did better, opening to $16.7 million last July. Two other top-10 debutants were in a tight race for the Nos. 3 and 4 slots. The animated family movie "Racing Stripes" crossed the finish line with $14.0 million. The comedy-drama "In Good Company," starring Dennis Quaid, jumped 29 places to No. 4 with $13.9 million in its first weekend of wide release. "Coach Carter," based on a true story, stars Jackson as a hoops coach who raises a storm by pulling his hit players from the local competition so that they can focus on improving their anemic high school grades. The film, budgeted at about $30 million, was released by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with its Viacom Inc. corporate sibling MTV Films. "Meet the Fockers" and "In Good Company" were released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.-controlled NBC Universal. "Racing Stripes" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc. "Elektra" was released by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.'s. Fox Entertainment Group Inc. That sucks. I'm a big fan of Jennifer Garner from her Alias series, was hoping it did better and would actually be a good movie.
January 17, 200521 yr I knew Elektra was gonna bomb, it Daredevil was bad. Elektra is gonna be worse.
January 17, 200521 yr Yea..i like jennifer garner..but i never had any desire at all to see this movie...just wasnt appealing to me at all! :confused
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