From ew, It was quiet out there — too quiet. The overall box office dropped 30 percent from last weekend to gross an estimated $112 million. If studio estimates hold, it could be the worst first weekend of January since 2000. But at least Rooster Cogburn finally got to taste victory. In its third week of release, True Grit won the weekend with $15 million — a decline of 39 percent. The Western also became the Coen brothers’ first film to reach $100 million, with its cumulative tally now standing at $110.4 million. True Grit galloped past Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to become the fifth-highest grossing Western ever, behind Dances with Wolves, City Slickers, Blazing Saddles, and Wild Wild West. By the end of its run, it’ll likely pass the latter three movies to become No. 2.
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Wild Wild West is the highest-ever grossing Western? That's some sad nonsense.
Good for the Coens.
"True Grit galloped past Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to become the fifth-highest grossing Western ever, behind Dances with Wolves, City Slickers, Blazing Saddles, and Wild Wild West."
City Slickers = not a western
Blazing Saddles = comedy
Wild Wild West = shit show, most certainly not a western
True Grit was pretty awesome.
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