Kule mpelasonto kube nezimanga eziningi ehhovisi lebhokisi laseMelika njengoba iningi lama-premiere lisebenze kabi, ngaphandle kwefilimu yopopayi yakwaSony, Lizoguqubala ngeThuba Lama-Meatballs, ethatha inombolo engu-1 ebhokisini lebhokisi elinenani lezigidi ezingu-30,1 zamaRandi. Futhi kuyacaca, izingane ziyabusa uma ziya kumamuvi, uma ifilimu yopopayi isakazwa kahle futhi inekhwalithi encane kunzima kakhulu ukuthi ibe isehluleki. Noma kunjalo, Lizoguqubala ngeThuba Lama-Meatballs kusazodingeka ukuthi iqoqe okuningi ukuze u-Sony abuyise izigidi eziyi-100 azitshale kulo mkhiqizo.
Manje, ake siye ekuhlulekeni noma ekuhlulekeni okuncane. Okokuqala, Onolwazi! noMat Damon, eqondiswa uSteven Soderbergh, uphuma endaweni yesibili kodwa kuphela ngezigidi ezingu-10,5 zamaRandi. Kunoma yikuphi, akusona isibalo esibi ngoba sikhuluma ngokukhiqizwa kwesabelomali esiphansi (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-22).
Ifilimu yothando Uthando luyenzeka noJennifer Aniston ngesinye esihlulekayo ukungena endaweni yesine njengoba kunyuswe izigidi ezingu-8,4 kuphela.
Kodwa, ukwehluleka okukhulu okwefilimu ekade ilindelwe i-Megan Fox, Umzimba kaJennifer, okumele ihlale endaweni yesihlanu kanye nesamba semali engu-$ 6,8 million lapho zonke izibikezelo zikhomba ihhovisi lebhokisi elingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15. Kodwa futhi, sikhuluma ngomkhiqizo oshibhile (izigidi ezingu-16) ngakho le filimu izokwenza imali encane ngesamba samazwe ngamazwe nezigidi zabalandeli ezilindele ukubona u-Megan Fox cishe enqunu.
Kokunye, qaphela ukuthi ifilimu kaTyler Perry, Ngingakwenza konke Ngedwa, yehla isuka kuNombolo 1 iye kweyesi-3 kodwa yengeza ezinye izigidi eziyishumi ngenani eliphelele lama-10.
Amanye amafilimu, ukusuka endaweni yesi-6 ukuya kweye-10, abone amaqoqo awo ehla kakhulu: 9, All About Steve, Inglourious Basterds, Final Destination 3D kanye ne-Sonority Row.