2009-01-03T15:26:04-08:00 2009-01-30T23:59:00-08:00 false 16902 How Much Will "New in Town" Gross in its Opening Weekend? 2009-02-10T17:08:15-08:00 15841 2009-01-03T15:27:59-08:00 <span class="bodycopynowidth largetext" style="border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px;"><b>THE MARKET:</b> “New in Town” goes into wide release on Friday, January 30, 2008. How much will it gross in its opening weekend as first reported by <i>Variety</i> on February 1? Each dollar of the share price represents millions of dollars in sales. Shares bought at $45, for example, would be worth $78 if the movie grosses $78 million. Trading closes on January 30 at 9 a.m. ET. <br> <b>THE DATA:</b> “New in Town” stars Renee Zellweger, whose latest major headliner “Leatherheads” ($12m) disappointed. <br> <b>OUR REPORT:</b> Since the days of “Bridget Jones” and “Chicago,” Renee Zellweger has hit that alarming <i>pause</i> in an actress’s career, in which the need for a hit grows more urgent with time. “New in Town” won’t bring it. In this fish-out-of-cultural-water comedy, Renee’s uber-professional character is shipped off to frozen Minnesota to play the bad cop in a corporate restructuring. Many jokes ensue about Minnesotan accents and freezing cold, as she comes to find love, in the form of unlikely outdoorsman Harry Connick Jr. The film targets the date-movie crowd, coming as it does right before Valentine’s Day, but we expect the following week’s “He’s Just Not That Into You” to dominate the rom-com scene this year. We see single digits, as Zellweger’s return to form will have to wait. 1/3/09. <br><br><b>LEARN MORE: </b><br>See the trailer at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newintownmovie.com/#/home"> “New in Town”</a> home page. 680 54552 New in Town Debut 680 960 2009-02-01T17:07:33-08:00 1000 NEWTO