“Either you’re going to like this kind of movie or you’re not.”
It’s very difficult, challenging subject matter,” said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal. “If you’re going to tell stories like this, you’re going to tell stories of what’s actually going on in our world. “The Kingdom” faced heavy competition from other violent R-rated films, among them “3:10 to Yuma,” “The Brave One” and “Eastern Promises.” Though not an overtly political film, “The Kingdom” also had to test audience interest for action tales set against the war on terrorism. “The entire general audience has been underserved lately.” “There was definitely pent-up demand for people who don’t necessarily want to go to the heavy R-rated films,” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney. With a PG rating, “The Game Plan” took advantage of a long dry spell for kid-friendly movies, as parents with children made up two-thirds of the audience. Johnson was the latest action hero aiming to broaden his audience with a family film. The previous weekend’s top movie, Sony’s action tale “Resident Evil: Extinction,” fell a steep 66 percent from its opening-weekend gross, finishing in third place with $8 million and raising its total to $36.8 million. team investigating a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia.īut “The Kingdom” fell short, debuting at No. The weekend had looked like it would be a showdown between “The Game Plan” and Universal’s Middle East thriller “The Kingdom” which stars Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner as members of a U.S. Disney’s “The Game Plan,” starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of a daughter he never knew he had, opened as the top weekend flick with $22.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. (September 30, 2007) - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office.
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