Ghost Rider Rolls Two Weeks at the Box Office

Ghost Rider took the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row. The Nic Cage flick made $19.7 million over the weekend, bringing the total for two weeks up to $78.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

The Number 23 debuted at the two spot with $15.1 million. The thriller stars Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen and Danny Huston, and it's directed by Joel Schumacher.

The fantasy film, Bridge to Terabithia came in third with 13.5 million for a two week total of $46.2 million. Gabor Csupo's adaptation of the Katherine Patterson novel stars Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb.

Reno 911!: Miami debuted in the four spot with $10.4 million. The show is the big screen version of their Comedy Central TV show.

Norbit stayed strong with $9.7 million over the weekend in fifth place. The comedy has brought in $74 million over three weeks.

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore in Music and Lyrics kept singing into the top ten with a sixth place finish and an estimated $8 million. The romantic comedy has made $32 million over 2 weeks.

Breach took the seventh spot with $6.1 million; Ryan Phillippe and Chris Cooper star in the real life thriller depicting the arrest of FBI agent Robert Hanssen. That makes a two week total of $20.4 million for Universal.

Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls has not preformed as well as expected, but has still brought in $5.2 million this week for a two week total of $25.5 million.

The Astronaut Farmer came in ninth with $4.5 million; the inspirational drama stars Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen in a Polish brothers film.

And rounding out the top ten, the period piece Amazing Grace with $4.3 million. Ioan Gruffudd stars as William Wilberforce, who in the late 1700's and early 1800's fought for the abolishment of slavery.

Ghost Rider was released February 16th, 2007 and stars Matt Long, Raquel Alessi, Brett Cullen, Peter Fonda, Nicolas Cage, Donal Logue, Tony Ghosthawk, Hugh Sexton. The film is directed by Mark Steven Johnson.


Sources: Steven Chupnick, Box Office Mojo

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