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Paranormal Activity Slays Saw VI

Sleeper hit pulls in $22M to sequel's $14.8M

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(Newser) – The sleeper hit with the five-figure production budget and red-hot word of mouth triumphed in the weekend box office race as Paranormal Activity handily topped the latest installment in the Saw series. The weekend's $22 million haul in 2,000 theaters brings the 5-week total for Paranormal Activity to $62.5 million. Saw VI generated $14.8 million in 3,000 locations, Variety reports. The top 5:

  1. Paranormal Activity, $22 million
  2. Saw VI, $14.8 million
  3. Where the Wild Things Are, $14.4 million
  4. Law Abiding Citizen, $12.7 million
  5. Couples Retreat, $11.1 million

This publicity image released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from the sleeper hit
This publicity image released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from the sleeper hit "Paranormal Activity."   (AP Photo/Paramount)
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Robert_Dada
Oct 25, 09 2:52 PM CDT
We saw Paranormal Activities last night. Great film! Anyone can (and should) impress an audience with a $250 million dollar budget (Take that James Cameron). But when you can come up with something truly creative and chilling on an $11,000 budget and make 62.5 million after 5 weeks, well then that's what I call brilliant film making. Reply
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Cprizzle
Oct 26, 09 10:17 AM CDT
I totally agree. It was truly frightening. Although the "first person" type shooting wasn't original (Cloverfield, Blair Witch, and now the 4th Kind) the story-line was ingenious.
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cityeyes
Oct 25, 09 2:55 PM CDT
As it should. The only interesting Saw was the first one and since then it's been a bunch of recycled crap that makes no attempt at an interesting story or actually scaring people and more on satisfying people who look for only gore in a movie. Paranormal Activity, while not the best horror flick, is worlds better than that crap Reply
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plstyle
Oct 25, 09 7:52 PM CDT
Liked it, but would have liked better if i didn't start getting motion sickness half way through the movie. I suggest taking a table spoon of ginger right before seeing this movie. Reply
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Deebles
Oct 25, 09 9:54 PM CDT
I remember when films didn't make you gag--not from content, but from camera work. I liked it too but It made me as nauseous as my dad's videos of Versailles--oh, here's a floor, wait, look at this ceiling. The only thing odd is that so many people believe that consciousness can survive death. I keep hearing that thing about energy and Thermodynamics, but when my cable box with its DVD recorder died--I lost all my Battlestar Galactica. And, it ain't coming back.
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