Sarah slays the box office, again

[SlayerThe]

The haunted-house thriller "The Grudge," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, held on to the No. 1 slot at the North American box office, scaring up $22.4 million in ticket sales during the Halloween weekend, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

...After 10 days, "The Grudge" has sold $71.3 million worth of tickets and is expected to surpass the $90 million mark, according to conservative projections from the film's distributor, Sony Corp's Columbia Pictures.

"The Grudge," director Takashi Shimizu's $10 million remake of Japanese film "Ju-On," surprised again in its second round by losing only 43 percent of its audience. Many observers had expected it to slide by at least 50 percent, paving the way for "Ray" to open at No. 1. But Halloween festivities and its user-friendly PG-13 rating proved otherwise.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/weekendboxofficer.html


Well that suprised the majority of us who suspected that the Grudge would soon lose its grasp on viewers.

Cheers to Sarah.