District 9 Tops US Box Office!
What and amazing feat for a movie made by a South African, based in Johannesburg and starring an SA cast to top the US Box office!
District 9 not only topped the US Box Office Friday with US$ 14.2 million, but is the second most successful August opening for an R-rated movie after American Pie.
It also handily beat romance drama The Time Traveller’s Wife into second place.
District 9 opens in SA cinemas next weekend. Producer (and of course Lord of the Rings director) Peter Jackson will attend the opening with the movies director Neill Blomkamp and the cast of local actors.
Blomkamp told Capetalk/702 that he has been receiving offers from Hollywood to do other work.
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2 Responses to “District 9 Tops US Box Office!”
By Rob on Aug 16, 2009 | Reply
My girlfriend and I are both South African’s living in Canada and we struggled to find a cinema that wasn’t sold out last night.
The current weekend projection is for 36m and since people actually like this film (unlike Cloverfield) it has a real shot of crossing the 100m mark. Not bad since it only cost 30m to make.
By Abigail Abrahams on Aug 17, 2009 | Reply
Great news, Rob. I see they’ve made US$37million!!
You must be extra proud that a fellow South African/Canadian is doing so well.