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Box Office Analysis, April 28: 'Baby Mama' Delivers the Goods
Box Office Analysis, April 28: 'Baby Mama' Delivers the Goods
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HOLLYWOOD
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Tina Fey
continues her hot streak. Her new comedy
Baby Mama
, co-starring her
SNL
chum
Amy Poehler
, opened in the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with $18.2 million.
In fact, comedies dominated the top half of the box office list.
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
, the goofy stoner sequel, debuted in second place with $14.6 million, while
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
, held its own in fourth place with $11 million.
"Comedy is definitely king right now," Paul Dergarabedian, president of tracking firm Media By Numbers LLC, told The Associated Press "Audiences are definitely showing an interest in going to the movies and having a good time and having a laugh."
The other newcomer this weekend, the thriller
Deception
starring
Hugh Jackman
and
Ewan McGregor
, barely made the list, coming in 10th place with $2.2 million.
The top 12 movies took in $80.1 million, up 29.04 percent from the same weekend last year but down 3.25 percent from last weekend’s draw.
The top three openers the same weekend last year were:
Disturbia
, which stayed at No. 1 with $9 million in its third week;
The Invisible
, which opened in second place with $7.7 million; and
Next
, which opened in third place with $7.1 million.
BOX OFFICE TOP 10 ESTIMATES (Source by: Media by Numbers)
No. 1:
Baby Mama
(Universal, PG-13)
• Gross: $18.2 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,543
• Per-theater average: $7,185
No. 2:
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
(Warner Bros., R)
• Gross: $14.5 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,510
• Per-theater average: $5,805
No. 3:
The Forbidden Kingdom
(Lionsgate, PG-13)
• Gross: $11.2 million (-48%)
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 3,151
• Per-theater average: $3,564
• Cume to date: $38.2 million
No. 4:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(Universal, R)
• Gross: $11 million
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 2,799 (+1)
• Per-theater average: $2,799
• Cume to date: $35 million
No. 5:
Nim's Island
(Fox, PG)
• Gross: $4.5 million (-20%)
• Weeks opened: 4
• Theaters: 2,977 (-300)
• Per-theater average: $1,520
• Cume to date: $38.9 million
No. 6:
Prom Night
(Sony/Screen Gems, PG-13)
• Gross: $4.4 million (-49%)
• Weeks opened: 3
• Theaters: 2,821 (+121)
• Per-theater average: $1,560
• Cume to date: $38.1 million
No. 7:
21
(Sony, PG-13)
• Gross: $4 million (-28%)
• Weeks opened: 5
• Theaters: 2,952 (+49)
• Per-theater average: $1,355
• Cume to date: $75.7 million
No. 8:
88 Minutes
(Sony/Tri-Star, R)
• Gross: $3.6 million (-48%)
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,168
• Per-theater average: $1,661
• Cume to date: $12.6 million
No. 9:
Horton Hears a Who
(20th Century, G)
• Gross: $2.4 million (-31%)
• Weeks opened: 7
• Theaters: 2,159 (-511)
• Per-theater average: $1,116
• Cume to date: $147.8 million
No. 10:
Deception
(20th Cent Fox, R)
• Gross: $2.2 million
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2,001
• Per-theater average: $1,112
OTHER OPENINGS
Then She Found Me
(ThinkFilm, R)
• Gross: $74,395
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 9
• Per-theater average: $8,266
Deal
(MGM, PG-13)
• Gross: $31,000
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 50
• Per-theater average: $620
Roman De Gare
(IDP, R)
• Gross: $25,545
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2
• Per-theater average: $12,773
Standard Operating Procedure
(Sony Pictures Classics, R)
• Gross: $14,916
• Weeks opened:
NEW!
• Theaters: 2
• Per-theater average: $7,458
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