Box Office Game — October 9, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Friday, October 9, 2026 (day #1681 of the game): the weekend of January 27, 2006 — a 2006 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1681
The weekend to guessJanuary 27, 2006Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Big Momma's House 2
20th Century FoxNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$27,736,056Total$27,736,056
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Nanny McPhee
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$14,503,650Total$14,503,650
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Underworld: Evolution
Screen GemsLast week #1Week 2 in release-57.5% vs last week
Weekend$11,404,172Total$44,607,264
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Annapolis
TouchstoneNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$7,681,171Total$7,681,171
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Hoodwinked!
Weinstein Co.Last week #2Week 7 in release-28.1% vs last week
Weekend$7,480,089Total$37,767,800

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About the five films

Big Momma's House 2 poster

#1 Big Momma's House 2 IMDb →

“The momma of all comedies is back.”

FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father.

Director: John Whitesell · Starring: Martin Lawrence, Marisol Nichols, Kevin Durand · Genre: Comedy, Crime · Budget: $40,000,000 · Worldwide: $141,522,961 · Domestic total: $70,165,972
Nanny McPhee poster

#2 Nanny McPhee IMDb →

“You'll learn to love her. Warts and all.”

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

Director: Kirk Jones · Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald · Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Family · Budget: $25,000,000 · Worldwide: $123,276,807 · Domestic total: $47,144,110
Underworld: Evolution poster

#3 Underworld: Evolution IMDb →

“A new race. A new battle. A new hero...”

As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.

Director: Len Wiseman · Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran · Genre: Fantasy, Action, Thriller · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $111,476,513 · Domestic total: $62,318,875
Annapolis poster

#4 Annapolis IMDb →

“50,000 Apply. 1,200 Are Accepted. Only The Best Survive”

Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'd make it to Annapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as well as Senor Ali, his lover-to-be, and a discipline he may excel in: the 'brigade' boxing tournament, open to all ranks.

Director: Justin Lin · Starring: James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster · Genre: Drama, Action, Sport · Budget: $26,000,000 · Worldwide: $17,496,992 · Domestic total: $17,127,992
Hoodwinked! poster

#5 Hoodwinked! IMDb →

“Red Riding Hood. The Woodsman. Granny. The Wolf. Not Your Typical Crime. Not Your Usual Suspects.”

Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its way back. Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a karate-kicking Red Riding Hood, a sarcastic wolf and an oafish Woodsman.

Director: Cory Edwards · Starring: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton · Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery · Budget: $8,000,000 · Worldwide: $110,000,000 · Domestic total: $51,386,611

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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