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.

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Sin City was released April 1st, 2005 and stars Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Cara D. Briggs, Jude Ciccolella, Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Rosario Dawson. The film is directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino.