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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Last Updated on March 17, 2009 by By Laurie A. Trotta
