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I still have no clue as to whether or not Shutter Island is a horror film. Every time I ask someone, I get conflicting answers. That being said, it still dominated the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row. It had company in the top 3, where Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s The Crazies landed when everything was said and done.

Scorsese’s creepy film (starring Leo DiCaprio) closed out its second weekend in theaters with 22.2 million dollars according to Box Office Mojo, bringing its total haul to 75 million dollars. With a reported 80 million dollar budget, the film will certainly turn a profit.

Meanwhile, The Crazies opened with an impressive 16.5 million dollar take. That put it roughly 2 million dollars behind second place film Cop Out. The Crazies showed on roughly 700 fewer screens. The Timothy Olyphant vehicle had a 20 million dollar budget, so it looks like a given that it will move into profitability by the time of next week’s tally.

Tags: box office, Shutter Island, The Crazies

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