Hannah Montana Sings To the Top in Weekend Movie Grosses
Movies February 5, 2008 By Laurie A. Trotta
The movie version of the wildly popular, and controversial, Hannah Montana tour, “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert,” wowed the box office as well as young girls across the nation, for the weekend ending Feb. 3. It took in an estimated $29 million at the box office, according to USA Today and other industry sources, and the haul was twice what many analysts projected, averaging more than $42,000 on the 683 theaters that could accommodate the digital 3-D film. The turnout prompted executives at Disney to extend indefinitely the run of the film, which was to play for a week.
Films with female leads took second , third and fourth place as well last weekend. The Jessica Alba horror film “The Eye” took second place with $13 million, while the Katherine Heigl bridesmaid comedy “27 Dresses” continued to wear well with $8.4 million. The film has done $57.1 million in three weeks. The teen pregnancy comedy “Juno” also held strongly, taking fourth place with $7.5 million and $110.3 million overall.
The spoof comedy “Meet the Spartans” was No. 5 with $7.1 million, followed by “Rambo” with $7 million.
Chart source: Lee’s Movie Info
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1 |
29.000 |
3 |
NEW |
683 |
42,460 |
29.000 |
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2 |
13.000 |
3 |
NEW |
2436 |
5,337 |
13.000 |
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3 |
8.400 |
17 |
-37% |
2976 |
2,823 |
57.115 |
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4 |
7.450 |
61 |
-27% |
2475 |
3,010 |
110.263 |
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5 |
7.125 |
10 |
-61% |
2643 |
2,696 |
28.332 |
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6 |
7.000 |
10 |
-62% |
2764 |
2,533 |
29.798 |
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7 |
6.850 |
41 |
-35% |
2915 |
2,350 |
67.671 |
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8 |
5.400 |
10 |
-52% |
2368 |
2,280 |
19.451 |
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9 |
4.900 |
17 |
-61% |
3007 |
1,630 |
71.974 |
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10 |
4.761 |
40 |
-2% |
1507 |
3,159 |
21.146 |
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11 |
4.600 |
3 |
NEW |
1977 |
2,327 |
4.600 |
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12 |
3.054 |
45 |
-38% |
1733 |
1,762 |
209.883 |
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