What kind of numbers did Paranormal Activity deliver at the box office this weekend?
According to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office, the new big kahuna in horror is officially “Paranormal Activity,” which conjured $22 million in its first weekend with a full wide release, clawing its way to the top of the box office after a full month in theaters. To date, the micro-budgeted phenom has pulled in $62.5 million; with “Halloween” still a week away, Paramount could easily see total grosses edging past $100 million, a benchmark that a certain venerable torture porn franchise has never reached. Indeed, “Saw VI” never stood a chance, banking just $14.8 million for second place and the worst opening in the ‘Saw’ franchise’s history — in fact, it’s just half the $30 million that Saw V opened to one year ago. Expect a lot of talk in the coming week about torture porn dying a slow, agonizing death at the hands of a plucky upstart that gets audiences goosed not with baroque blood and gore, but by old fashioned tension,
Talk about a good investment. Paranormal Activity, the little $15,000 horror film that has swept the nation with its low-budget creepiness, has topped out at the weekend box office with $22 million. ยป Full Story on LimeLife Sources: http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AngfdrwQOOpKFawiqpM698V0fNdF/SIG=133oaevb8/**http%3A//www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Paranormal-Activity-Freaks-Out-at-the-Box-Office/24490.
