Mark Wahlberg is the star in Twentieth Century Fox’s Max Payne – The film tops the box office with $18.5 million in sales this weekend. See photos, video and read more below.
The action movie “Max Payne“, directed by John Moore, debuted with $18 million at the box office. He left behind the family comedy “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” ($11.2 million), the chick flick “The Secret Life of Bees” ($11.1 million) and the film biography of George W. Bush ($10.6 million), according to Los Angeles-based box office tracking firm Media.
Max Payne managed to be the 6th-best opening for a video game movie franchise and the all-time Nr.9 opening for a video game adaptation. The sales rise the overall revenues in Hollywood for the fourth consecutive weekend by 10%. Last year the top 12 movies took in $86.4 million.
Mark Wahlberg stars as a DEA undercover New York cop to solve a series of murders in New York City. His family was slain as part of a conspiracy in the movie and assassin Mona Sax (Mila Kunis) out to avenge her sister’s death. In the film the duo will be hunted by the police, the mafia, and a ruthless corporation.
The rating and reviews for Mark Wahlberg’s Max Payne on rottentomatoes only reached 17 %. See pictures of Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis at the Max Payne Los Angeles Premiere and the video trailer below.
Mark Wahlberg’s Max Payne Trailer Video
October 20th, 2008 at 12:42 am
they showed every exciting or interesting part of this movie in the previews… the rest, unfortunately, was a snoozefest; didn’t make the video game look very good at all