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Couples Retreat starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau Is Top Weekend Film

By Thomas Frommherz for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:October 12, 2009


Couples Retreat, a comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, opened as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, with ticket sales of $35.3 million for General Electric Co.’s Universal Pictures.

Vaughn co-wrote ‘Couples Retreat’ with his ‘Swingers’ and ‘The Break-Up’ co-star Jon Favreau. The fright flick – shot for just $15,000 – did big business in its first full weekend after two weeks of midnight-only screenings, coming in at No. 4 with $7.1 million in just 160 cinemas, a fraction of the theater count for other top releases.

“Couples Retreat” marks the first domestic hit for Universal since April’s “Fast & Furious.” A string of disappointments since then, including “State of Play” and “Land of the Lost,” contributed to the dismissal last week of Chairmen David Linde and Marc Shmuger. In a bit of Hollywood irony, the studio had its first hit in half a year just days after their departure.

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Kali Hawk, Tasha Smith, Carlos Ponce, Peter Serafinowicz, Jean Reno, Temuera Morrison, Jonna Walsh, Gattlin Griffith

Director: Peter Billingsley

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