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Box Office :: Audiences Fell in Love with "WALL•E"

WALL•E was this weekend's winner ... Critics and audiences fell in love with the CGI love story ...

The new Disney/Pixar film grossed $62.5 million just enough to claim the top spot ... WALL•E's opening was the best for a Pixar film since 2004's The Incredibles ... and an upgrade from last summer's critically acclaimed Ratatouille which opened with $47 million ...

Opening in second place was Angelina Jolie's Wanted with $51.1 million ... Wanted was Jolie's biggest opening ever ... outdoing Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mr. & Mrs. Smith ...

Get Smart dropped less than 50% from first place to third ... pulling in another $20 million for an overall total of $77.3 million ...

The Love Guru dropped 61% from fourth to sixth ... earning an additional $5.4 million ...

Kung Fu Panda (fourth place, $11.7 million) is approaching a $180 million overall total ...

Sex and the City (ninth place, $3.8 million) has just passed the $140 million mark ...

Iron Man has dropped out of the Top 10 after eight weeks ... The comic caper added an additional $2.3 million ... bringing its overall total to $309.2 million ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. WALL•E, $62.5 million
2. Wanted, $51.1 million
3. Get Smart, $20 million
4. Kung Fu Panda, $11.7 million
5. The Incredible Hulk, $9.2 million
6. The Love Guru, $5.4 million
7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $5 million
8. The Happening, $3.9 million
9. Sex and the City, $3.8 million
10. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $3.2 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: A "Smart" Weekend

Get Smart debuted in first place over the weekend ... The spy comedy led the way with $39.2 million ...

While Get Smart dazzled moviegoers ... The Love Guru was a disappointment ... The Mike Myers-headlined comedy debuted in fourth place with just $14 million ...

The Incredible Hulk (last week's box office topper) fell to third place with $21.6 million ($96.5 million overall) ...

Kung Fu Panda has proven to be a great retainer of its audience ... The CGI comedy was down just 35% to hold on to second place with $21.7 million ($155.6 million overall) ...

M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening dropped 67% for fifth place ($10 million, $50.3 million overall) ...

Iron Man (ninth place, $4 million) has brought in a total $304.8 million since its opening weekend ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Get Smart, $39.2 million
2. Kung Fu Panda, $21.7 million
3. The Incredible Hulk, $21.6 million
4. The Love Guru, $14 million
5. The Happening, $10 million
6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $8.4 million
7. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $7.2 million
8. Sex and the City, $6.5 million
9. Iron Man, $4 million
10. The Strangers, $1.9 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Iron Man" Zooms to $300 Million

Iron Man has officially become the biggest movie of the year ...

Iron Man became the first film of 2008 to pass the $300 million mark Thursday ...

The Robert Downy Jr.-headlined comic book flick had grossed an estimated $299.3 million through Tuesday ... so that means that if the film continues averaging $680,000 per day in ticket sales ... then it surpassed $300 million Wednesday ... if not Thursday ...

Iron Man so far has grossed an additional $250 million worldwide ... bringing its global haul to over $550 million ...

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: The Hulk's "Incredible" Weekend

The Incredible Hulk debuted pretty incredibly over the weekend ... The film raked in $54.5 million ... Although it was $8 million less than Ang Lee's Hulk ... the film was considered a big hit for Universal Pictures since many naysayers said the previous Hulk's shadow would deter moviegoers from taking in this new installment ...

M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening also overcame a previous box office bomb (umm ... Lady in the Water anyone?) to reach box office heights ... The eco-friendly thriller made $30.5 million over the weekend ... good enough for third place ...

Last week's champ Kung Fu Panda made an additional $34.3 million (second place) ... bringing its overall total to $118 million ...

Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With the Zohan dipped 50% ... earning $16.4 million ($68.8 million overall) ... just enough for fourth place ...

Sex and the City (sixth place, $10.2 million) continues to prove that it is more than just a one weekend phenomenon ... The film adaptation of the hit series has brought in a total of $119.9 million ...

Iron Man (seventh place, $5.1 million; $297.4 million overall) is just hours ... minutes ... from crossing the $300 million mark ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. The Incredible Hulk, $54.5 million
2. Kung Fu Panda, $34.3 million
3. The Happening, $30.5 million
4. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $16.4 million
5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $13.5 million
6. Sex and the City, $10.2 million
7. Iron Man, $5.1 million
8. The Strangers, $4.1 million
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $3 million
10. What Happens in Vegas, $1.7 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Panda" Kicks Ass!

Kung Fu Panda rose to the top of the pack ... The CGI-animated comedy made $60 million over the weekend ... Adam Sandler's Don't Mess With the Zohan took second place with $40 million ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earned an additional $22.8 million for third place ($253 million overall) ... Indy is just $35 million away from passing Iron Man (sixth place, $7.5 million; $288.9 million overall) as this year's top-grossing movie ...

Sex and the City broke a heel ... The film dropped 63% to fourth place ... earning $21.3 million ... The film should surpass the $100 million mark within the next 24 hours ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Kung Fu Panda, $60 million
2. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $40 million
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $22.8 million
4. Sex and the City, $21.3 million
5. The Strangers, $9.3 million
6. Iron Man, $7.5 million
7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $5.5 million
8. What Happens in Vegas, $3.4 million
9. Baby Mama, $779,090
10. Made of Honor, $775,000

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Sex" Sells

Sex still sells ... Sex and the City that is ...

The New York quartet did a number on poor Indiana Jones ... The big-screen outing of Carrie Bradshaw & Co. knocked Indy from the top spot at the box office ...

Sex and the City made $55.7 million over the weekend ... The debut makes the movie the top-opening romantic comedy of all-time ... bypassing Hitch ($43.1 million), The Break-Up ($39.2 million) and Knocked Up ($30.7 million) ...

It also is the second biggest debut for a TV adaptation ... behind behind Mission: Impossible II ($57.8 million) ...

The film also killed the predictions of skeptics that felt the movie wouldn't be able to sell tickets ... due to the film's female-led cast, female-skewing storylines, and female-dominated fanbase ...

Sex and the City opened huge on Friday ... There were thousands of sold-out screenings ... It made nearly $27 million on Friday ... $17.7 million on Saturday ... and Sunday was expected to bring in $11.1 million ...

The weekend tally will end up nearly covering the film's $65 million budget ... and that's not counting overseas grosses (which haven't been reported yet) ...

In second place ... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull dropped 54% and added an additional $46 million ... making its overall total $216.9 million ...

A movie debuting this weekend (that didn't include Sex in its title) ... The Strangers made scary hip again ... The film opened in third place with $20.7 million ...

Iron Man continues to enthrall audiences ... the film made $14 million over the weekend ... making its overall total $276.6 million ... The film has officially out-grossed every superhero movie made (outside of the Spider-Man franchise) ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Sex and the City, $55.7 million
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $46 million
3. The Strangers, $20.7 million
4. Iron Man, $14 million
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $13 million
6. What Happens in Vegas, $6.9 million
7. Baby Mama, $2.2 million
8. Speed Racer, $2.1 million
9. Made of Honor, $2 million
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Indiana Jones" and the Kingdom of Cash

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made a total of $151.1 million in its first five days ... The film accounted for 60% of all ticket sales over the Memorial Day weekend ...

The movie made $101 from Friday to Sunday ... and $126.1 million from Friday to Monday ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull debuted with $25 million on Thursday ... but its biggest day was Saturday when it made $37 million ... Combining overseas and domestic results ... the film made $313 million ...

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian dropped 58% to second place ... earning $23 million ...

After four weeks on the chart ... Iron Man (third place, $20.1 million, Friday-Sunday; $25.7 million, Friday-Monday; $257.8 million overall) is continuing to cash-in ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $101 million
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $23 million
3. Iron Man, $20.1 million
4. What Happens in Vegas, $9 million
5. Speed Racer, $4 million
6. Made of Honor, $3.4 million
7. Baby Mama, $3.3 million
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1.7 million
9. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $940,000
10. The Visitor, $723,000

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Indiana Jones" Opens Big!

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull started showing in theaters on Thursday night ...

The film earned $25 million on Thursday ...

That number puts the movie in fourth place on the list for biggest Thursday debuts ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the fourth installment in the popular franchise ... The last time moviegoers saw Indiana Jones was in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ...

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Prince Caspian" Reigns Supreme

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian debuted with $56.6 million to nab the #1 spot ...

Iron Man's third weekend saw the superhero flick take in another $31.2 million ... bringing its grand total to $222.5 million ...

What Happens in Vegas dipped to third place ($13.9 million; $40.3 million overall) and Speed Racer saw a steep decline to fourth place ($7.6 million; $29.8 million overall) ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $56.6 million
2. Iron Man, $31.2 million
3. What Happens in Vegas, $13.9 million
4. Speed Racer, $7.6 million
5. Baby Mama, $4.6 million
6. Made of Honor, $4.5 million
7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $2.5 million
8. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $1.8 million
9. The Forbidden Kingdom, $1 million
10. The Visitor, $687,000

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Speed" Update

Speed Racer has officially lost its second place title ...

The final tally of weekend earnings dropped the film from second to third place ... Speed Racer's weekend debut totaled just $18.6 million ... down from the $20.2 million projected Sunday ...

The film What Happens in Vegas took its second place position ...

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Speed Racer" Comes in Second Place!

Iron Man kept Speed Racer and his Mach 5 at bay ...

The $100 million-ish costing Speed Racer debuted at #2 over the weekend ... earning an estimated $20.2 million ... Iron Man proved he was still the man (#1, $50.5 million) ... and Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz's What Happens in Vegas debuted at #3 with $20 million) ...

Iron Man's total intake so far is $177.1 million ... making it this year's #1 movie ... passing Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Iron Man, $50.5 million
2. Speed Racer, $20.2 million
3. What Happens in Vegas, $20 million
4. Made of Honor, $7.6 million
5. Baby Mama, $5.8 million
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $3.8 million
7. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $3.2 million
8. The Forbidden Kingdom, $1.9 million
9. Nim's Island, $1.3 million
10. Redbelt, $1.1 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: The 100 Million Dollar "Iron Man"

Iron Man kicked off the summer movie season with a bang! The superhero movie made $100.8 million over the weekend ... The weekend estimate does not include the $3.5 million it made when it debuted Thursday night to sneak peek audiences ... and the weekend estimate does not include the nearly $100 million the film has made so far overseas ...

The romantic-comedy Made of Honor debuted at #2 ... the film grossed $15.5 million over the weekend ...

Dropping out of the Top 10 was Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! ($1.4 million) ... The film managed to stay seven weeks in the Top 10 ... and so far is this year's box office champ ... earning $149.8 million overall ...

Let's see if Iron Man dethrones Horton ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Iron Man, $100.8 million
2. Made of Honor, $15.5 million
3. Baby Mama, $10.3 million
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $6.1 million
5. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $6 million
6. The Forbidden Kingdom, $4.2 million
7. Nim's Island, $2.8 million
8. Prom Night, $2.5 million
9. 21, $2.1 million
10. 88 Minutes, $1.6 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Baby Mama" Trounces "Harold and Kumar"

Tina Fey's Baby Mama debuted at #1 with $18.3 million ... The female-starring comedy stopped John Cho and Kal Penn's latest adventure ... Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ... from taking the top spot ... The stoner comedy earned $14.6 million over the weekend ...

Last week's top earner ... The Forbidden Kingdom dipped to third place ($11.2 million) ...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall dropped to fourth place ... earning $11 million ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Baby Mama, $18.3 million
2. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $14.8 million
3. The Forbidden Kingdom, $11.2 million
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $11 million
5. Nim's Island, $4.5 million
6. Prom Night, $4.4 million
7. 21, $4 million
8. 88 Minutes, $3.6 million
9. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $2.4 million
10. Deception, $2.2 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "Kingdom" Forgets "Sarah Marshall"

Jackie Chan and Jet Li soared to the top with The Forbidden Kingdom ... The film opened with $20.9 million over the weekend ...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall opened in second place with $17.3 million ... Al Pacino's 88 Minutes debuted in fourth place ... earning $6.8 million ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. The Forbidden Kingdom, $20.9 million
2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $17.3 million
3. Prom Night, $9.1 million
4. 88 Minutes, $6.8 million
5. Nim's Island, $5.7 million
6. 21, $5.5 million
7. Street Kings, $4 million
8. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $3.5 million
9. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, 3.2 million
10. Leatherheads, $3 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: A "Night" to Remember

Prom Night killed over the weekend ... The horror update debuted at #1 with $22.7 million ...

Debuting at #2 was Street Kings ... starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie ... The cop drama earned $12 million over the weekend ...

The other new movie debuting in the Top 10 was Smart People (seventh place, $4.2 million) ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. Prom Night, $22.7 million
2. Street Kings, $12 million
3. 21, $11 million
4. Nim's Island, $9 million
5. Leatherheads, $6.2 million
6. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $6 million
7. Smart People, $4.2 million
8. The Ruins, $3.3 million
9. Superhero Movie, $3.1 million
10. Drillbit Taylor, $2.1 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: "21" Trumps George & Jodie

21 dominated the Top 10 for the second week in a row ... The card-counting drama raked in another $15.1 million ... and keeping three contenders from debuting in the top spot ...

George Clooney's Leatherheads landed in second place with $13.5 million ...

Nim's Island ... starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin opened in third place with $13.3 million ...

The horror flick The Ruins opened in fifth place with $7.8 million ...

Falling out of the Top 10 after just one week is Stop-Loss ... earning $2.3 million ($8.2 million overall) ...

Here is a look at this weekend's top 10 ...

1. 21, $15.1 million
2. Leatherheads, $13.5 million
3. Nim's Island, $13.3 million
4. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $9.1 million
5. The Ruins, $7.8 million
6. Superhero Movie, $5.4 million
7. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, $3.5 million
8. Drillbit Taylor, $3.5 million
9. Shutter, $2.9 million
10. 10,000 B.C., $2.8 million

~Papi Chulo~