The 40-Year-Old Virgin Stays at #1 at the Box Office

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal's highly lauded The 40-Year-Old Virgin held the top spot for the second consecutive weekend, grossing an estimated $16.4 million. The favorable reviews turned into positive word-of-mouth as Virgin slipped a scant 23% from its debut.

The R-rated comedy, starring Steve Carell and helmed by Judd Apatow, has gleaned $48.7 million in 10 days. Among the weekend's three new wide releases, Dimension's The Brothers Grimm, a fantasy-horror film from director Terry Gilliam, had the best performance with an estimated $15.1 million. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger star in the PG-13 film about two traveling con artists and faux exorcists who encounter real magical beings. It arrived in the second spot and averaged a respectable but not magical $4,891 per theater.

Screen Gems' The Cave unearthed only a sixth-place debut with an estimated $6.2 million from 2,195 houses. The low-budget horror-thriller, co-produced with Lakeshore Entertainment and starring Cole Hauser and Morris Chestnut, came in on the low end of expectations. The PG-13 The Cave was directed by Bruce Hunt.

It was a Warner Bros. weekend at the international boxoffice as No. 1 movie The Island passed the $100 million mark and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lost its long-running U.K. crown to newcomer The Dukes of Hazzard, according to estimates.

The Island earned $9.7 from 4,500 screens in 48 territories, boosting the cume to $101.6 million. Michael Bay's actioner had three No. 1 openings. In Italy, earnings were $1.65 million from 332 prints, including $300,000 in sneaks, ahead of openers Herbie: Fully Loaded at No. 2 ($1.2 million on about 250 screens) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo at No. 5 ($200,000 on 101 prints -- double the original's takings).

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The 40 Year Old Virgin was released August 19th, 2005 and stars Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch. The film is directed by Judd Apatow.


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