Sunday, November 8, 2009

Early Christmas: Jim Carrey as Scrooge tops box office (Video: Official Trailer)







Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie.

The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic knocked the King of Pop out of the No. 1 spot as "Michael Jackson's This Is It" slipped to second place with $14 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Sony's "This Is It," presenting rehearsal performances Jackson shot before his death last June, raised its domestic total to $57.9 million. Worldwide, "This Is It" has taken in $186.5 million.

Featuring Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and also as the three holiday ghosts that show Scrooge the error of his miserly ways, "A Christmas Carol" came in on the low end of Disney's expectations for opening weekend.

via Christmas comes early: ‘Carol’ tops box office - Movies- msnbc.com.

Official trailer here.

1 comment:

Cole said...

I just saw this today. In 3D. Probably the best on-screen adaption I've ever seen of the book.