Wednesday December 26, 2007 3:16 pm
Box Office Breakdown: Book of Secrets a National Hit
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox Searchlight, New Line, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Music, Musicals, Period, Political, Romance, Satire, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists, New Releases,
This holiday weekend introduced a slew of big-ticket features in our cineplexes. It also brought us a wide cast of former Oscar-winners competing for our theater dollars. By Monday, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Johnny Depp, Hilary Swank and Oscar-nominee John C. Reilly had all made entries into the Top Ten - but it was Nicolas Cage who wound up striking gold.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets earned $45 million, an increase of $10 million over the 2004 original. This was the second hit for Cage this year, following the critically-panned Ghost Rider. In addition to having the weekend’s best gross, Secrets also had the best average of any movie over those three days. Although Charlie Wilson’s War‘s fourth place was respectable (especially for a politically-based film these days), its $3760 per screen take clearly set it apart from this week’s champ. In contrast, Juno earned an $11,184 average for an impressive 10th place finish.
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Meanwhile, Sweeney Todd - like Charlie Wilson - also failed to reach the $10 million mark. Despite the presence of fan-favorite Depp, I don’t imagine the movie will fare much better in its second week. Once theatergoers finally realize that this is a musical (and not a toe-tapping one like Hairspray), its appeal will diminish. As it is, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story only scored $4 million even with its more melodic tunes and connection to Judd Apatow.
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Disney, $45,106,000 (avg. $11,770)
2. I Am Legend, Warner Bros., $33,500,000 (avg. $9254)
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks, 20th Century Fox, $27,900,000 (avg. $7973)
4. Charlie Wilson’s War, Universal, $9,682,000 (avg. $3760)
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dreamworks/WB, $9,302,000 (avg. $7447)
6. P.S. I Love You, Warner Bros., $6,505,000 (avg. $2650)
7. Enchanted, Disney, $4,202,000 (avg. $1526)
8. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Sony, $4,150,000 (avg. $1566)
9. The Golden Compass, New Line, $3,980,000 (avg. $1347)
10. Juno, Fox Searchlight, $3,400,000 (avg. $11,184)
(You can review last week’s numbers here.)
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