The remake of John Carpenters THE FOG (with vfx by Hydraulx) debuted at number one at the box office for the weekend ended Oct. 16, 2005, with Sony/Revolution collecting $11.7M. Coming in a very close second with $11.5M was DreamWorks/Aardmans WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT. The stop-motion gem (with vfx from MPC) now has a two-week cume of $33.1M. Debuting in third place was Cameron Crowes romantic comedy, ELIZABETHTOWN (with vfx from Digital Filmworks and Flash Film Works), which offered up $10.6M to Paramount. Buena Vistas FLIGHTPLAN (with vfx Lola Visual Effects and Peerless Camera Co.) fell to fourth with $6.4M and $70.7M to date. Foxs romantic comedy, IN HER SHOES, followed in the fifth spot with $6.1M and a cume of $20M. Universals TWO FOR THE MONEY came in sixth place with $4.6M for a two-week cume of $16.5M. New Lines DOMINO actioner (with vfx by Asylum and Black Box) bowed in seventh with only $4.6M to its credit. New Lines A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (with vfx from Mr. X Inc.) actually moved up a spot to number eight with $3.6M and a cume of $22.3M. TIM BURTONS CORPSE BRIDE (with vfx from MPC) came in ninth with $3.5M. The groundbreaking stop-motion feature has given Warner Bros. $47.7M to date. Rounding out the top 10 is Screen Gems THE GOSPEL, with $3.1M for a two-week total of $12M. Box office information obtained from boxofficemojo.com.
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