The movie theatre business is rolling along nicely! The Butler is academy award worthy and proving so in the box office. The Butler reportedly made $25,010,000 in its opening weekend. Surpassing its competition who also debuted this past weekend; Kick-Ass 2 the high octane violent action adventure movie set to make major waves this summer. It didn't do bad but it was ousted by The Butler. As I said before The Butler reportedly took in $25,010,000 where as Kick Ass 2 took in about $13,568,000 (its not bad but by movie standards and because its a sequel it's not excellent either especially when Kick Ass did so much better). There are 2 other movies that debuted this weekend as well the biofilm Jobs and the wall street con film Paranoia. Both doing significantly bad in the box office but I would chalk that up to their release and marketing.

Anyway I'm glad The Butler is doing well. If it is nominated it will be Lee Daniels second film to nominated for an Academy Award. Lee Daniels also directed Precious starring Gabourey Sidibe and Monique.

The Butler has an all-star cast: Mariah Carey, Forest Whitaker, Terrence Howard, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, James Marsden, and so many more! The Butler follows the life of a african american working in the white house as a butler to several of the United States most famous presidents. But instead of focusing on just the presidents and his interactions with them it more so focuses on the butler himself. It also displays how he and family dealt the various movements in America (from the Civil Rights movement to the Vietnam War) and how it affected his family.


Source: YahooMovies