Box Office Recap

It's not exactly a robust time at the box office, not unusal for September. But some movies with gay characters are still selling tickets at the multiplex and here is a round-up of those:
"Little Miss Sunshine," the indie hit which features Steve Carell taking a road trip to a beauty contest with his sister's dysfunctional family, finished in eighth place with a gross of $3.3 million. After nearly two months in theaters, the film has slowly ammassed a cumulative gross of $46.3 million.

Dropping out of the top 10 for the first time in six weeks was the Will Ferrell NASCAR-themed comedy "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" which finished in 13th place with a weekend gross of $1.9 million. "Talladega" features "Ali G" star Sacha Baron Cohen as a gay race car driver from France who becomes champ, dethroning Ferrell's character. The movie has grossed a terrific $145 million to date, more than such widely-hyped summer releases as "Mission Impossible III" and "Poseidon."
Continuing to lose steam after nearly three months in theaters is "The Devil Wears Prada" with Meryl Streep in the role of a lifetime as the fashion magazine editor from hell, Anne Hathaway as her frazzled assistant, and Stanley Tucci as her loyal, and gay, employee. "Prada" took 26th place with a weekend total of $337,521 and an overall gross of $123.2 to date.

In limited release, Sundance winner "Quinceanera" finished in 40th place as it plays in 94 theaters. It had a weekend gross of $97,063 and has earned $1.4 million to date. The raucous comedy "Another Gay Movie" remains in 19 theaters and grossed $31,581 Friday through Sunday and has a cumulative gross of $580,369.