By Laurie A. Trotta

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.

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Chart Source: http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/
All monetary figures in U.S. dollars; Gross and Total in millions.


Rank

 Title


Gross


Days


Weekly


Theaters


Average


Total

1

 The
Bucket List


19.540

20

>999

2911

6,712


20.964

2

 First
Sunday


19.000

3


NEW

2213

8,586


19.000

3

 Juno


14.000

40

-12%

2448

5,719


71.250

4

 National
Treasure 2


11.482

24

-43%

3377

3,400


187.295

5

 Alvin
& the Chipmunks


9.100

31

-41%

3384

2,689


187.740

6

 I
Am Legend


8.130

31

-48%

3353

2,425


240.234

7

 One
Missed Call


6.130

10

-51%

2240

2,737


20.642

8

 P.S.,
I Love You


5.005

24

-36%

2323

2,155


47.008

9

 Pirates…Veggietales


4.419

3


NEW

1337

3,305


4.419

10

 Atonement


4.300

38

-15%

950

4,526


25.209

11

 Charlie
Wilson’s War


4.274

24

-47%

2408

1,775


59.498

12

 Sweeney
Todd


3.402

24

-39%

1323

2,571


44.070

13

 The
Water Horse


3.300

20

-47%

2506

1,317


35.175

14

 In
the Name of the King


3.265

3


NEW

1631

2,002


3.265

15

 The
Great Debaters


2.411

20

-43%

1290

1,869


25.699

16

 The
Orphanage


2.044

17

308%

707

2,891


3.265

17

 There
Will Be Blood


1.940

19

47%

129

15,039


4.358

18

 Enchanted


1.703

54

-55%

1201

1,418


122.290

19

 The
Kite Runner


1.671

31

1%

715

2,337


11.005

20

 AVP
2


1.500

20

-67%

1378

1,089


40.081