The Bucket List took the top spot at the box office this weekend after expanding to 2,911 screens. The film, in its third week of release, jumped from No. 23 to No. 1 after taking in $19.392 million. It has grossed $20.816 million in the past three weeks.
First Sunday debuted impressively at No. 2 after taking in $17.714 million. The film grossed an average of $8,004 per screen, the best of any new wide release.
Juno continued its amazing run this weekend, taking in $13.612 million despite dropping from No. 2 to No. 3. The film, which added 523 screens this weekend, has taken in more than $70.862 million in its first four weeks of release.
Last week’s top film, National Treasure: Book of Secrets dropped to No. 4 after taking in $11.302 million in its fourth weekend of release. The film has taken in $187.115 million in one month.
Rounding out the top five is Alvin and the Chipmunks, which continues to perform impressively. The film took in $9.303 million and has taken in $187.943 million in its five weeks in theatres.
Elsewhere in the top 10, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, grossed $4.251 million in its first three days of release and entered the chart at No. 9.
Outside the top 10, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale entered the chart at No. 14 after taking in $2.985 million.
Though there were no new limited releases this weekend, There Will Be Blood continues to perform well ahead of its wide release, taking in an average of $14,421 per screen. It has grossed $4.278 million in three weekends of limited release.
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In a weekend where five new releases debuted on more than 800 screens, last week’s top film, Superbad , helped lead the summer box office take over the $4 billion mark this weekend as it held the No. 1 spot on the North American box office chart for a second consecutive week after taking in an estimated $18 million -- a 45.5% drop from last week. The film’s $6,105 per screen average was the best of any in wide release, and in its first 10 days, the hit comedy has grossed $68.572 million. Superbad is likely to break the $100 million barrier before it leaves theaters.
Superbad blew up at the box office this weekend, besting most box office estimates en route to topping the North American box office this weekend.
Rush Hour 3 topped the weekend box office, finishing with a slightly lower estimated three-day take than most predicted -- $50.237 million -- that placed its opening weekend take lower than that of Rush Hour 2.
The Bourne Ultimatum topped the box office on a weekend where four films debuted on more than 1,500 screens and two additional buzzworthy limited releases battled for space on North American theatre screens.
The Simpsons Movie exceeded the expectations of both Fox and box office gurus this weekend after taking in $71.85 million in its first three days of North American release. The film, which cost a relatively inexpensive $75 million to make took in $167 million worldwide this weekend, and turned a profit in three days. The film took in $18,319 per screen, the best of any film show on North American screens this weekend.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry proved a more powerful foe for Harry Potter than Voldemort was after the Sandler-James flick took home an estimated $34.775 million in its first three days of release, knocking last week’s top film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to the No. 2 spot after the latter saw its ticket sales fall 58.3% from its first weekend of release to its second.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the seven-movie series, opened to a $77.41 million gross over the three day weekend, and a more impressive $140.017 million over its first five days of release.
Transformers lit up the box office in its first six-and-a-half days of release and blew away the competition after taking in $67.6 million this weekend and $152.5 million since it hit North American theatre screens Monday night. The film took in an average of $16,853 per screen -- the best of any wide release this weekend and earned back its $150 million production budget in less than a week.