‘Death Race’ was third this weekend with a box office profit of $12,293,000 according to Box Office Mojo.  I’d say that’s a pretty good dollar amount.  We weren’t expecting number one, but the critics didn’t expect the film to do that well either so…in their face!  I think the R rating hurt it because I know there were kids who wanted to see the movie and couldn’t.  When we went to see it, there were a lot of older men scattered here and there by themselves, a few couples and no kids.

On a related note, the L.A. Times had box office figures as well, but also they had a nice comment about our Jason from the president of Media by Numbers.  He talked about us!  We’re the ‘following’!

Opening in third place this weekend with an estimated $12.3 million was Universal Pictures’ testosterone-fueled “Death Race,” a gritty R-rated remake of a 1975 film about car races with life-or-death stakes starring Jason Statham. The film’s gross fell below expectations, but was consistent with opening totals for past Statham films such as “Transporter 2,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media by Numbers.

“Jason Statham has a following,” he said. “This is in line with how his movies do. It’s an intriguing film.”