Archive for Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Box-office results - Sales in the U.S. and Canada, Aug. 17-19:
Industry totals
Note: A movie may be shown on more than one screen at each venue.
Source: Media by Numbers
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Movie 3-day Total Venues Avg/ Weeks gross (millions) venue
1 Superbad $33.1 $33.1 2,948 $11,212 1 (Sony) 2
Rush Hour 3
21.4 87.7 3,778 5,652 2 (New Line) 3 The Bourne Ultimatum 19.9 164.7 3,701 5,370 3 (Universal)4 The Simpsons Movie 6.8 165.3 3,162 2,160 4 (20th Century Fox)
5
The Invasion
6.0 6.0 2,776 2,144 1 (Warner Bros.)6 Stardust (Paramount) 5.7 19.5 2,565 2,203 2
7 Hairspray (New Line) 4.5 100.8 2,389 1,885 5
8 Underdog (Disney) 3.8 31.9 2,551 1,509 3
9 Harry Potter and the 3.7 278.8 1,955 1,870 6 Order
10 I Now Pronounce You 3.6 110.5 2,258 1,595 5 Chuck and Larry (Universal) *–*
*–* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2006 (in billions) from 2006 $130 +19.1% $6.53 +7% *–*
Los Angeles Times
- Ted Stevens scandal puts Republican Senate seat in play
- Mervyns, a California retail fixture, files for bankruptcy
- High-tech study reveals early Van Gogh work beneath another painting
- The putsch that imperiled America
- Buzzzzzzzz kill
- Carcinogen worries stick to food packaging
- Off-duty LAPD officer shot by Long Beach police
- Quake
- There ought to be a law against quakes during bar exam
- Woman's body found on Delta flight from L.A. to Atlanta
- Jake Brown's 4 1/2-story fall lives on in X Games lore
- Ancient T. rex tissue, or just old slime?
- You've got too much e-mail
- Dodgers may be trying to get Greg Maddux again
- Obama emerges as major campaign issue -- for both candidates
- 3 Yorba Linda homes more than shaken by quake
- Dodgers' Chad Billingsley gets first shutout
- New California graffiti law: Clean it up and keep it clean
- Study finds 11% drop in illegal immigrants
- Obama's best strategy? Attack
