![]() ![]() opened her avenging-woman thriller The Brave One at No. Jodie Foster braved a distracted marketplace to throttle all domestic boxoffice competition this weekend, as Warner Bros. Focus Features will use the film's buzz-building performance of $36,473 per screen to expand the thriller about the Russian mob in London to at least 1,350 runs Friday. ![]() Among limited openings, David Cronenberg's well-reviewed Eastern Promises rung up a promising $547,092 from just 15 screens. That represents a 6% uptick from top performers compared with the same weekend a year ago. Industrywide, the weekend's top 10 films rung up $59.7 million in domestic boxoffice, according to Nielsen EDI. Freestyle/Younggu-Art's action fantasy Dragon Wars saw $5 million to open in fifth. Woodcock debuted with $8.8 million in third place, while Sony's Superbad finished fourth with $5.1 million in its fifth weekend for a $111.2 million cume. ![]() New Line's Billy Bob Thornton-toplined comedy Mr. Yuma, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, used a modest 35% drop in its second frame to forge a 10-day domestic cume of $28.3 million. Brave - directed by Neil Jordan, produced by Joel Silver and co-financed by Warners and Village Roadshow - did particularly well with older women despite its violent content. 1 with $13.5 million, followed by Lionsgate's Western 3:10 to Yuma with $8.9 million. opened Jodie Foster's avenging-woman thriller The Brave One at No. R-rated pics had guns a-blazing last weekend, as Warner Bros. ![]()
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