The holiday movie season kicks off with a motion-captured bang this weekend, with the wide opening of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
The stereoscopic 3-D film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey in numerous roles, opens in nearly 3,700 cinemas. The update of the Charles Dickens classic story is the widest new release this week, though far from the only one.
Also jumping into the race this weekend are Richard Kelly’s thriller The Box, opening in 2,635 theaters; the sci-fi horror film The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich and running in some 2,500 theaters; and the comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats, which will appear in more than 2,400 cinemas and stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges.
The four newcomers will take on the second weekend of release for Michael Jackson’s This is It, the low-budget hit Paranormal Activity, and holdovers Law Abiding Citizen, Couples Retreat and Where the Wild Things Are.
