"Hellboy 2" Takes First This Weekend
"Hellboy 2" Takes First This Weekend
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"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" opened strongly this weekend, while the family comedy "Meet Dave" saw one of the worst opening grosses ever for an Eddie Murphy pic.
Beating holdover "Hancock," Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" sequel grossed an estimated $35.9 million from 3,204 theaters to place No 1 for the weekend on the strength of males and older moviegoers. "Golden Army" easily outperformed the opening of the original "Hellboy," which debuted to $23.2 million on its way to earning $59 million domestically.
Will Smith topliner "Hancock" came in No 2 in its second week, declining a slim 47% to an estimated $33 million from 3,965 runs for a total of $165 million.
"Meet Dave" only placed No 7 for the weekend, grossing an estimated $5.3 million from 3,011 screens. Pic, with a production budget of around $60 million is the second 2008 summer comedy to take a free-fall after Mike Myers' "The Love Guru."
Finding some middle ground was the 3-D action/adventure "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Pic came in No 3 in its opening, grossing an estimated $20.6 million from 2,811 theaters, a sizeable chunk of which came from higher-priced 3-D tickets. "Journey" is the widest test yet for the fledgling 3-D marketplace.
Beating holdover "Hancock," Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" sequel grossed an estimated $35.9 million from 3,204 theaters to place No 1 for the weekend on the strength of males and older moviegoers. "Golden Army" easily outperformed the opening of the original "Hellboy," which debuted to $23.2 million on its way to earning $59 million domestically.
Will Smith topliner "Hancock" came in No 2 in its second week, declining a slim 47% to an estimated $33 million from 3,965 runs for a total of $165 million.
"Meet Dave" only placed No 7 for the weekend, grossing an estimated $5.3 million from 3,011 screens. Pic, with a production budget of around $60 million is the second 2008 summer comedy to take a free-fall after Mike Myers' "The Love Guru."
Finding some middle ground was the 3-D action/adventure "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Pic came in No 3 in its opening, grossing an estimated $20.6 million from 2,811 theaters, a sizeable chunk of which came from higher-priced 3-D tickets. "Journey" is the widest test yet for the fledgling 3-D marketplace.
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