Inglourious Basterds had a glorious second weekend. If it doesn't look impressive-it is! Tarantino films often play out like fanboy releases; that is, they attract the core following on opening weekend and then register precipitous drops thereafter. Such, evidently, is not the case with Inglourious Basterds, which suggests that the film is having very strong word of mouth. The $19.3m figure is considerably down from the $20m weekend estimate, but it is more than enough to guarantee a final tally well above $100m. This is a bona fide success for Tarantino and his actors.
And just for the sake of curiosity, and also to provide a proper context for IB's second weekend drop, here are the major 2009 releases and their second weekend drops. IB holds up quite well in this comparison:
