We’re back with the ‘post-weekend drop,’ where we look at the box office drop after the weekend and get an idea of what’s to come. This time we have some interesting differences, so let’s jump into the numbers right away!

1. What Happens in Vegas
Saturday and Sunday: $13,001,340 million
Monday and Tuesday: $3,348,193 million
Drop: 74%

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Tommy Lee Jones is serious about his directing career. Actually, he is serious about all his careers. After his fairly successful ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,’ he is now going to direct, produce and star in a new Ernest Hemingway adaptation. He even co-wrote the ‘Islands in the Stream’ script.

‘Islands in the Stream’ was previously adapted by Franklin J. Schaffner in 1977 and got nominated for one Oscar. This time the movie will have a $30 million budget and both Morgan Freeman and John Goodman are in talks to be part of the cast. Shooting starts in Puerto Rico, although not earlier than March 2009.

Disney’s October Blu-ray release of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ will use BD-Live to create a new interactive experience. New Blu-ray players can use BD-Live to download additional content of the internet. It will enable the Blu-ray release to adapt to local weather conditions and show customized video messages.

“Sleeping Beauty will revolutionize the way people will interact with and view movies in the home. We pulled out all the stops in launching this technology,” Bob Chapek of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment said.

Disney notes sentiments we saw earlier. Blu-ray is lagging behind expectations and even Blu-ray disc sales are down. They hope these interactive features will generate some positive buzz for the format.

Sony recently released Judd Apatow’s ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ as one of the first Blu-rays with BD-Live.