Box Office Roundup

Posted by bob in Films, News on July 13th, 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army exceeded expectations and took possession of  $35,885,000 at the box office this weekend.  This also clearly beat the $23 million the first film took on its opening weekend.

With final numbers due tomorrow, it looks like Hancock slipped a mere 47% and grabbed $33,000,000 for second place. The Will Smith film, despite mediocre reviews, now has collected $165,034,000 in ten days.

Excluding the 3-DF IMAX money, Journey to the Center of the Earth found $20,580,000 for a solid third place finish.

Pixar’s Wall*E did nicely in fourth place, with $18,509,000 finishing its third week with $162,772,000. Wanted, also in its third weekend, earned $11,586,000, finishing with $112,045,000 to date.

Eddie Murray’s Meet Dave crashed and burned on entry, opening with a meager $5,300,000, good for only seventh place.  This is 20th Century Fox’s first flop of the season.

The old-timers, those films that opened in the ancient days of May, are still doing well. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull     earned $2,250,000, totaling $310,477,000 with Iron Man slowing down and earning just under one million.  It’s about done and already has piled up $313,413,000. His Marvel cohort, The Incredible Hulk, earned $2,234,000, dropping 54.4% but totaling $129,815,000.

Other genre projects include The Happening, with just $450,000 and slipping out of theaters with a total of $63,360,000. While not a flop for 20th, it’s certainly a disappointment. Rogue’s The Strangers is also just about done in theaters with just $174,000 (total $52,325,000) but overall, a success for the studio.

Of course, next weekend is The Dark Knight which might top them all.