Sandra Bullock started out 2009 pretty much off the Hollywood radar screen. She hadn’t made a movie for two years, and since most people never thought a woman over 40 could score box office successes, her upcoming films weren’t taken very seriously. Part of the reason is because her films are romantic comedies and are starring vehicles for her so they don’t get a lot of love or buzz in the blogosphere. Nobody had really high expectations for The Proposal, All About Steve looked terrible (and did terrible), and The Blind Side wasn’t yet registering at all.
But then The Proposal hit — and hit big — with an opening weekend of $33 million on a $40 million budget. It has now grossed $163 which puts it at number 13 for the year.
The Blind Side has propelled Bullock into a serious power position. The success of the film, it opened with $34 million on a budget of $29 million, made Bullock 2009′s box office star in a survey of theatre owners. The last time a woman was at top of the list was Julia Roberts in 1999. The film is now the 8th top grossing film for 2009.
And to to top it off according to EW: “Bullock is now the only actress ever to have a film marketed with her name solely above the title (i.e. based on her star power alone, and not a franchise or tentpoll picture) pass the $200 million mark in domestic gross.”
Congrats Sandra but it is a sad testament to how far we have to go.
Sandra Bullock is top star of ’09 boxoffice (Yahoo)
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“And to to top it off according to EW: “Bullock is now the only actress ever to have a film marketed with her name solely above the title (i.e. based on her star power alone, and not a franchise or tentpoll picture) pass the $200 million mark in domestic gross.”
YES, YES, YES!!
So happy for Sandra. I just hope she’ll use her production company Fortis Films to use this power by creating more quality female driven films (and no I’m not counting All About Steve in that lineup).
Great news for an actress in Hollywood but I HATED the poster for the proposal with Sandra stucking her ass out with “The Proposal” written right above it. What exactly was being proposed?
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