It ’s not just one of the most awaited motion picture released this summer , butDistrict 9may also plow out to be one of the most profitable , having made almost half of its budget back within its first day of release .
Neill Blomkamp ’s movie about alien refugees in South Africa take in an impressive $ 14.2 million on Friday , just under half of its $ 30 million budget , and enough to make it the most successful moving-picture show of the day , withThe Time - Traveler ’s Wifetaking 2nd place andGI Joefalling to third ( and down 68 % compared with the Friday of the week before , suggest that there ’s not a lot of accelerator pedal left in the Joe engine longterm ) .
With a one - day amount like that , it ’s almost impossible that D9 will have earned back its entire budget by the close of this weekend , if it ’s not done so already ( Saturday’sbox officeestimates have n’t been unloose yet ) .
UPDATE : The Hollywood Reporter estimatesthat the moving-picture show will gross $ 37 million this weekend .
‘ District 9 ’ well top box office[Variety ]
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