Women Help SATC Soar at Box Office
Posted on June 3, 2008
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According to Gawker, Hollywood is apparently shocked that women can affect box office sales; Variety notes that after Sex and the City opened this weekend to the tune of $55.7 million, it shattered decades-old thinking that females — particularly older ones –can’t fuel the sort of big opening often enjoyed by a male-driven event pic or family movie.
The NY Times reports that the box office success was mostly thanks to the ladies, with 85 percent of the ticket buyers on opening night being women (Warner Brothers reports that more men began showing up over the weekend, however).
“It is kind of mind-boggling,” Sarah Jessica Parker, the “Sex and the City” star, said in a telephone interview from her Manhattan home on Saturday.“We are thrilled and humbled that the audience came out. I am so excited about the possibilities for movies about women.”
The powers that be are already in talks about a sequel. Just as women take a step towards changing preconceived notions of their role in keeping Hollywood afloat on opening weekends (which is so important), the movie itself takes a giant step back for womankind!
