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Box Office Analysis, April 21: 'Forbidden Kingdom' Karate Chops Competition
Box Office Analysis, April 21: 'Forbidden Kingdom' Karate Chops Competition
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- Teaming up martial arts masters
Jackie Chan
and
Jet Li
was the best idea yet. Their movie
The Forbidden Kingdom
debuted in the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with $20.9 million in ticket sales.
The tale of a modern American teen hurtled back in time to a kung fu adventure in ancient China features
Chan
and
Li
in their first big-screen duel. "I couldn't believe it had never been done before," Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. released
The Forbidden Kingdom
along with partner Lionsgate, told The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the
Judd Apatow
-produced romantic comedy
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
, starring
Jason Segel
as a nice guy who's dumped by his glamorous girlfriend (
Kristen Bell
), opened in second place with $17.3 million.
Al Pacino
's serial killer thriller
88 Minutes
premiered in fourth place with $6.8 million, while
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
, a rare documentary opening in wide release, debuted in ninth with $3.1 million. Released by Rocky Mountain Pictures, the film features Ben Stein as he challenges Darwinian theories that prevail in academic circles and suggests that life could have emerged through intelligent design.
The top 12 movies took in $82 million, up 12.38 percent from the same weekend last year and up 1.57 percent from last weekend’s draw.
The top three openers the same weekend last year were:
Disturbia
, which stayed at No. 1 with $13 million;
Fracture
, which opened in second place with $11 million; and
Blades of Glory
, which dropped to third place in its fourth week with $7.6 million.
BOX OFFICE TOP 10 ESTIMATES (Source by: Media by Numbers)
No. 1:
The Forbidden Kingdom
(Lionsgate, PG-13)
• Gross: $20.8 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 3,151
• Per-theater average: $6,623
No. 2:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(Universal, R)
• Gross: $17.3 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,798
• Per-theater average: $6,200
No. 3:
Prom Night
(Sony/Screen Gems, PG-13)
• Gross: $9.1 million (-56%)
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 2,700
• Per-theater average: $3,370
• Cume to date: $32.5 million
No. 4:
88 Minutes
(Sony/Tri-Star, R)
• Gross: $6.8 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,168
• Per-theater average: $3,137
No. 5:
Nim's Island
(Fox, PG)
• Gross: $5.6 million (-38%)
• Weeks opened: 3
• Theaters: 3,277 (-241)
• Per-theater average: $1,724
• Cume to date: $32.8 million
No. 6:
21
(Sony, PG-13)
• Gross: $5.5 million (-47%)
• Weeks opened: 4
• Theaters: 2,903 (+167)
• Per-theater average: $1,895
• Cume to date: $69.9 million
No. 7:
Street Kings
(Fox Searchlight, R)
• Gross: $4 million (-68%)
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 2,469
• Per-theater average: $1,620
• Cume to date: $19.8 million
No. 8:
Horton Hears a Who
(20th Century, G)
• Gross: $3.5 million (-41%)
• Weeks opened: 6
• Theaters: 2,670 (-539)
• Per-theater average: $1,311
• Cume to date: $144.4 million
No. 9:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
(Rocky Mountain Picts, PG)
• Gross: $3.1 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 1,052
• Per-theater average: $2,997
No. 10:
Leatherheads
(Universal, PG-13)
• Gross: $3 million (-52%)
• Weeks opened: 3
• Theaters: 2,798 (+27)
• Per-theater average: $1,080
• Cume to date: $26.5 million
OTHER OPENINGS
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
(Weinstein Co., PG-13)
• Gross: $143,299
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 102
• Per-theater average: $1,405
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