According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sin City proved an irresistible temptation for audiences as the highly stylized comic-book adaptation led the weekend boxoffice with an estimated $28.1 million debut.
Opening in second place was MGM's comedy Beauty Shop starring Queen Latifah. The spinoff of the Barbershop franchise took in $13.5 million for the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Since opening Wednesday, "Beauty Shop" had grossed about $17.3 million.
Sony's comedy Guess Who, the previous weekend's top-grossing movie, slipped to No. 3 with an estimated $13 million, lifting its 10-day total to about $41.3 million.
Overall, movie revenues slipped for the sixth straight weekend. The top 12 movies took in an estimated $98.3 million, down 14 percent from the same weekend last year, when Hellboy and Walking Tall opened on top of the box office.
The slump follows a healthy start to 2005 in which movie revenues had surged about 10 percent ahead of 2004's. Revenues now are running even with last year's at about $2 billion heading into Hollywood's busy season.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters follow. Final figures will be released Monday.
SNEAK PREVIEW: Sin City (to geek or not to geek) Friday, March 25th, 2005 - B. Alan Orange heads to Frank Miller's Sin City for an advanced look at the film, and then questions his own geek status.
The Sin City trailer goes online! Tuesday, December 21st, 2004 - Take a look at the Robert Rodriguez directed adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel!
New Sin City posters! Friday, November 5th, 2004 - ...from the Robert Rodriguez adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel
New images from Sin City online! Friday, September 10th, 2004 - ...take a look at Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel
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