Weekend Box Office — March 23-25, 2007 March 26, 2007 8:23 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Box Office, Movies, News.trackback
Warner Bros.’ TMNT took first place over the weekend, finishing just ahead of last week’s number one movie 300 (which passed the $150M mark on Saturday). TMNT took in $24.26M from 3,110 theaters.
There were five other new releases in the top 10, Parmount’s Shooter in third place with $14.52M from 2,806, New Line’s The Last Mimzy in fifth place with $10.02M from 3,017 theaters, Fox Atomic’s The Hills Have Eyes 2 in sixth place with $9.69M from 2,447 theaters, Sony’s Reign Over Me in eighth place with $7.46M from 1,671 theaters and in ninth place was Liongate’s Pride with $3.53M from 1,518 theaters.
Rounding out the top 10 was the aforementioned 300 in second place, as it dropped only one spot and 39.6% to take in $19.86M from 3,280 theaters ($161.71M through 17 days of release), Wild Hogs was down two spots and 27.3% (the best holdover for any movie in the top 10) in fourth place with $13.85M from 3,401 theaters ($123.30M through 24 days of release), Premonition dropped four spots and 45.5% to seventh place with $9.56M from 2,831 theaters ($31.65M through 10 days of release) and lastly in 10th place was Dead Silence, which dropped six spots and 56.1% with $3.4M from 1,806 sites ($13.22M through 10 days of release).
The best per theater average in the top 10 went to TMNT, which averaged $7,799 per theater.What follows below is the top 10 chart (Actuals) for the weekend.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office — March 23-25, 2007 (Studio Estimates)
(TW) — (LW) — (Movie) — (Weekend) — (% Change) — (Theaters) — (Domestic)
1. — N — TMNT — $24,255,205 — – — 3,110 — $24,255,205
2. — 1 — 300 — $19,862,491 — -39.6% — 3,280 — $161,706,146
3. — N — Shooter — $14,523,571 — – — 2,806 — $14,523,571
4. — 2 — Wild Hogs — $13,850,542 — -27.3% — 3,401 — $123,303,817
5. — N — The Last Mimzy — $10,024,819 — – — 3,017 — $10,024,819
6. — N — The Hills / Eyes 2 — $9,686,362 — – — 2,447 — $9,686,362
7. — 3 — Premonition — $9,562,739 — -45.5% — 2,831 — $31,653,484
8. — N — Reign Over Me — $7,460,690 — – — 1,671 — $7,460,690
9. — N — Pride — $3,533,300 — – — 1,518 — $3,533,300
10. — 4 — Dead Silence — $3,440,415 — -56.1% — 1,806 — $13,216,140
Source: [Box Office Mojo]
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I thought 300 would still be on top, boo hoo. Thanks for the ratings Russ. Me and my bud were waiting for the BO results of last week post TMNT.