With a lot of new films opening this week, would it finally be time for Batman to relinquish his four week grip on the top spot? Or would “the dude dressed as the dude disguised as the other dude” be able to garner enough interest over the weekend, even with a Wednesday release date? Full numbers inside!
Credit: Box Office Mojo
Rank.) Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross (in millions) | Theaters | Total Gross (in millions) | Week #
1.) Tropic Thunder (Pramount/DreamWorks)
$26.0 million/3,319 theatres/$37.0 million/First Week
2.) The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
$16.8 million/3,590 theatres/$471.5 million/Fifth Week
3.) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.)
$15.5 million/3,452 theatres/$15.5 million/First Week
4.) Mirrors (Fox)
$11.1 million/2,664 theatres/$11.1 million/First Week
5.) Pineapple Express (Sony)
$10.0 million/3,072 theatres/$62.9 million/Second Week
6.) The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (Universal)
$8.6 million/3,363 theatres/$86.7 million/Third Week
7.) Mamma Mia! (Universal)
$6.5 million/2,771 theatres/$116.4 million/Fifth Week
8.) The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.)
$5.9 million/2,714 theatres/$32.2 million/Second Week
9.) Step Brothers (Sony)
$5.0 million/2,648 theatres/$90.9 million/Fourth Week
10.) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (MGM/Weinstein)
$3.7 million/692 theatres/$3.7 million/First Week
Sunday Estimates – Final numbers due out Monday
