Boxoffice uses Screen Gems 'Evil' for good

September 24, 2007 Extinction, which took up residence atop the domestic boxoffice for the weekend with a franchise-record $24 million in estimated opening grosses. Warner Bros. unspooled the highly anticipated Brad Pitt starrer "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" -- an early object of attention among awards handicappers -- with an estimated $144,000 from five engagements in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto for an impressive $28,717 per location. Sony's weekend performances helped the studio cross the $1 billion domestic boxoffice threshold for a sixth consecutive year.

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