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Box Office Analysis, Feb. 18: 'Jumper' Hurdles President Day Weekend
HOLLYWOOD - The sci-fi thriller Jumper, starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson, leaped to the top of the North American box office this President’s Day weekend with a four-day total of $31.7 million.
Jumper was followed by newcomers The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantastical kid-lit adaptation starring Freddie Highmore, which opened in second with a four-day total of $24.4 million, and the high-kickin’ Step Up 2 the Streets which debuted in third place with $21.5 million. The romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe, starring Ryan Reynolds, premiered in fifth place with $11.4 million.
The Top 12 movies took in $139.7 million over four days, down 16.72 percent from last year’s $167.8 million on the same weekend last year but up 32.08 percent from last weekend’s total of $89.7 million.
The Top Three films at the box office this time last year: Sony’s Ghost Rider, which opened at No. 1 with $52 million in 3,619 theaters, averaging $12,542 per theater; Buena Vista’s Bridge to Terabithia, which debuted in second place with $28.5 million in 3,139 theaters, averaging $7,188 per theater; and Paramount’s Norbit, which dropped to third place in its second week of release with $19.9 million in 3,138 theaters, averaging $5,346 per theater (Click here to read last year's box office report).
BOX OFFICE TOP 10 ESTIMATES (Four-Day Totals)
(Source: Exhibitor Relations, Inc.)
No. 1: Jumper (Fox, PG-13)
• Gross: $31.7 million
• Weeks opened: NEW!
• Theaters: 3,428
• Per-theater average: $7,964
• Cume to date: $38.3 million (opened Thursday)
No. 2: The Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount, PG)
• Gross: $24.4 million
• Weeks opened: NEW!
• Theaters: 3,847
• Per-theater average: $4,970
• Cume to date: $26.8 million (opened Thursday)
No. 3: Step Up 2 the Streets (Walt Disney, PG-13)
• Gross: $21.5 million
• Weeks opened: NEW!
• Theaters: 2,470
• Per-theater average: $7,962
• Cume to date: $28.1 million (opened Thursday)
No. 4: Fool's Gold (Warner Bros. PG-13)
• Gross: $15 million (-40%)
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 3,125 (unchanged)
• Per-theater average: $4,134
• Cume to date: $44 million
No. 5: Definitely, Maybe (Universal, PG-13)
• Gross: $11.4 million
• Weeks opened: NEW!
• Theaters: 2,204
• Per-theater average: $4,425
• Cume to date: $14.5 million (opened Thursday)
No. 6: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Universal, PG-13)
• Gross: $10.4 million (-47%)
• Weeks opened: 2
• Theaters: 2,387
• Per-theater average: $3,565
• Cume to date: $30.6 million
No. 7: Juno (Fox Searchlight, PG-13)
• Gross: $5.5 million (-18%)
• Weeks opened: 11
• Theaters: 1,865 (-456)
• Per-theater average: $2,466
• Cume to date: $124.9 million
No. 8: The Bucket List (Warner Bros., PG-13)
• Gross: $4.6 million (-24%)
• Weeks opened: 6
• Theaters: 2,307 (-446)
• Per-theater average: $1,734
• Cume to date: $81.6 million
No. 9: Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds (Walt Disney, G)
• Gross: $3.8 million (-68%)
• Weeks opened: 3
• Theaters: 685 (-2)
• Per-theater average: $4,801
• Cume to date: $59 million
No. 10: 27 Dresses (20th Cent Fox, PG-13)
• Gross: $3.7 million (-41%)
• Weeks opened: 5
• Theaters: 1,936 (-905)
• Per-theater average: $1,653
• Cume to date: $70.5 million
OTHER OPENINGS
George Romero's Diary of the Dead (Weinstein Co., R)
• Gross: $275,000
• Weeks opened: NEW!
• Theaters: 42
• Per-theater average: $5,262
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