Monday July 14, 2008 10:14 pm
Box Office Breakdown: The Golden Army Raises Hell
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Picturehouse, 20th Century Fox, Disney, Picturehouse, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists, New Releases,
Apparently moviegoers were simply not interested in meeting anyone named Dave.
This past weekend, Eddie Murphy’s latest effort debuted in a disappointing 7th place. Fox’s Meet Dave pulled in only $5.2 million, the third worst opening total for the comedian. (Holy Man pulled in $5.1 million in 1998; The Adventures of Pluto Nash scraped up $2.2 million in 2002.)
Dave‘s poor performance gave two other entries plenty of room at the top of the charts. Hellboy II: The Golden Army earned approximately $11 million more than the original 2004 film. The sequel’s $34.5 million haul also narrowly edged out last week’s winner, Hancock, and gave director Guillermo del Toro a first place berth. Meanwhile, the Journey to the Center of the Earth‘s $21 million was good enough for third place.
Variety
Next week, look for The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! to spice this chart up a bit.
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal, $34,539,115 (avg. $10,780)
- Hancock, Sony, $32,080,560 (avg. $8091)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, Warner Bros., $21,018,141 (avg. $7477)
- Wall-E, Disney, $18,793,588 (avg. $4883)
- Wanted, Universal, $11,996,175 (avg. $3800)
- Get Smart, Warner Bros., $7,201,376 (avg. $2334)
- Meet Dave, 20th Century Fox, $5,251,918 (avg. $1744)
- Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $4,411,412 (avg. $1631)
- The Incredible Hulk, Universal, $2,324,345 (avg. $1195)
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Picturehouse, $2,303,054 (avg. $1246)
(You can review last week’s numbers here.)
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