Weekend Box Office
1)21 $15.1 million
2)Leatherheads $13.4 million
3)Nim's Island $13.3 million
4)Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who $9 million
5)The Ruins $7.8 million
6)Superhero Movie $5.4 million
7)Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns $3.5 million
8)Drillbit Taylor $3.4 million
9)Shutter $2.8 million
10) 10,000 B.C. $2.7 million
In a surprising turn of events, 21 continued to hit strong with $15.1 million in its second weekend. That makes it the number one film in the country, besting two new comers that struggled to take second place. George Clooney's Leatherheads won the number two spot by an inch, bringing in an estimated $13.4 million dollars. Kiddy flick Nim's Island was nipping at its cleats, though. The Jodie Foster vehicle almost tied, but wound up in the third place spot with just $13.3 million.
This week's only other major release, Paramount's The Ruins, landed in fifth place with $7.8 million dollars. The big news of the weekend turned out to be two independent films that cleaned up at the art house. Coming in with the best per screen average this weekend was the IFC film The Flight of the Red Balloon. It made an amazing $37,200 on just two screens. It took in an estimated $18,600 for each of its screens, compared to 21's $5,691 per screen average.
My Blueberry Nights fared equally as well with $73,700 on just six screens, bringing in a per screen average of $12,283. A couple of other Indies didn't fare so badly either. Martin Scorsese' Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light brought in $1.5 million playing on 276 screens. While Meet Bill landed $39,300 on just 36 screens.
Will 21 be able to hold onto the top spot for a third straight week in a row? It's hard to tell. It will be in direct competition with Keanu Reeves in Street Kings, the PG-13 rated horror film Prom Night, and the excellent surf documentary Bra Boys.
21 was released March 28th, 2008 and stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee. The film is directed by Robert Luketic.
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CelluloidDreams
Congrats to "21"!! Great film! This weekend sucked for films!!
"Leatherheads" was a god awfull bore (D-) & "The Ruins" was a waste of space! The director destroyed the ending of the book!!
I would like to see "My Blueberry Nights"! I hope it comes to Phoenix, Az!!
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Marcusx
i think he meant ruins. its ok hes an idiot
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T.Clark
What the hell is a "ruines?"
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T.Clark
moviemaniac pisses me off. He's got the worst taste in movies. Not only does he love high school musical, he thinks prom night will get the top spot. Idiot
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Marcusx
street kings will beat it out. 21 was good and will be ahead of prom night no problem. SK will take #1 tho
moviemaniac you seriously have bad taste and even worse judgement lol
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ed_wood
Street Kings should take the top spot next week. Prom Night looks horrible.
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Phatlightning
LOL Prom Night will take number one???? Wanna bet?!?! 21 has a better chance of making the number one spot again, and I saw that this past weekend and its a very good movie.
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Brian
frogway
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Courtney O.
i saw 21 with my boyfriend. frogway
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Moviemaniack1993
No way in hell. Prom Night is gonna take the number one spot next week.
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T.Clark
Prom night looks so lame. I hope it bombs.
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T.Clark
Wow, 21's still holdin strong. I think the only thing it's in competition with next weekend is street kings.
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