The weekend movie box office for Jan. 11-13 generated $108.8 million in total ticket sales, a number characterized as “robust” by the web source BoxOfficeMojo.com. Leading the hit parade was “The Bucket List,” (Warner Bros) which brought in an estimated $19.5 million on 3,200 screens at 2,911 theaters. The comedy-drama about two terminally ill men in their final days stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. In second place was “First Sunday,” (Sony) which collected an estimated $19 million on some 2,500 screens at 2,213 theaters. The crime comedy stars and is produced by rap star Ice Cube.
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight) grossed an estimated $14 million at 2,448 venues, and has generated gross ticket sales of $71.3 million in 40 days. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the comedy will soon out sell “Sideways” as Fox Searchlight’s highest grossing movie. “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “I Am Legend” and “P.S. I Love You” continued to hold top spots. “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything,” the latest in the Christian talking-vegetables series, took in an estimated $4.4 million at 1,337 theatres. “In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale” the adaptation of a fantasy video game earned an estimated $3.3 million at 1,631 locations.
In its sixth weekend, “Atonement” grossed an estimated $4.3 million on 950 screens, for a total of $25.2 million. Spanish horror movie “The Orphanage” grossed an estimated $2 million at 707 locations, while “The Kite Runner” made an estimated $1.7 million at 715 sites.
Chart Source: http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/
All monetary figures in U.S. dollars; Gross and Total in millions.
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1 |
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20 |
>999 |
2911 |
6,712 |
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2 |
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3 |
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2213 |
8,586 |
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3 |
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40 |
-12% |
2448 |
5,719 |
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4 |
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24 |
-43% |
3377 |
3,400 |
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5 |
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31 |
-41% |
3384 |
2,689 |
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6 |
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31 |
-48% |
3353 |
2,425 |
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7 |
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10 |
-51% |
2240 |
2,737 |
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8 |
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24 |
-36% |
2323 |
2,155 |
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9 |
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3 |
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1337 |
3,305 |
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10 |
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38 |
-15% |
950 |
4,526 |
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11 |
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24 |
-47% |
2408 |
1,775 |
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12 |
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24 |
-39% |
1323 |
2,571 |
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13 |
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20 |
-47% |
2506 |
1,317 |
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14 |
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3 |
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1631 |
2,002 |
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15 |
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20 |
-43% |
1290 |
1,869 |
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16 |
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17 |
308% |
707 |
2,891 |
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17 |
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19 |
47% |
129 |
15,039 |
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18 |
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54 |
-55% |
1201 |
1,418 |
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19 |
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31 |
1% |
715 |
2,337 |
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20 |
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20 |
-67% |
1378 |
1,089 |
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