Women out-paced men at the movie box office for the weekend ending April 27, as “Baby Mama” took the top spot at the box office over “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.”
“Baby Mama,” the comedy about surrogate motherhood starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, took in $18.3 million, according to box office sources. Second-place “Harold & Kumar” generated about $14.6 million, almost $2 million more than most analysts predicted, but still almost $4 million short of the Fey/Poehler vehicle.
The weekend showdown was a true battle of the sexes: More than two-thirds of “Baby Mama’s” audience was female, while “Harold & Kumar” lured the same percentage of male moviegoers, according to USA Today.
Universal Pictures, which released “Baby Mama,” also released “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” the Judd Apatow-produced comedy that was fourth with $11 million in its second week.
Warner Bros. released the R-rated “Harold & Kumar,” a sequel to the 2004 film, “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” which did $18.4 million and became a home video hit with young men.
The Jackie Chan and Jet Li adventure “Forbidden Kingdom” was third with $11.2 million, while Jodie Foster’s “Nim’s Island” was No. 5 with $4.3 million.
The only other big newcomer, the Ewan McGregor-Hugh Jackman thriller “Deception,” was a flop with $2.3 million, good for 10th place.
Box Office Grosses
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| Rank | Title | Weekend | Total Gross |
| 1 | Baby Mama (2008) | $18.3 M | $18.3 M |
| 2 | Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) | $14.6 M | $14.6 M |
| 3 | The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) | $11.2 M | $38.3 M |
| 4 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) | $11 M | $35.1 M |
| 5 | Nim’s Island (2008) | $4.53 M | $39 M |
| 6 | Prom Night (2008) | $4.4 M | $38.1 M |
| 7 | 21 (2008) | $4 M | $75.8 M |
| 8 | 88 Minutes (2007) | $3.6 M | $12.6 M |
| 9 | Horton Hears a Who! (2008) | $2.41 M | $148 M |
| 10 | Deception (2008) | $2.23 M | $2.23 M |