Monday, February 19, 2007

Box Office Report: Feb. 16-18

Last week it was audiences showing they still have an affinity for Eddie Murphy playing dress up, while this week they show that movies based on comic book characters can still bring ‘em in to the theaters. “Ghost Rider” starring Nicolas Cage was a big hit over the weekend, hauling in $45 million, making it the easy winner for the weekend. Last week’s number one, “Norbit,” dropped to number three. Family-oriented “Bridge to Terabithia” finished as the first runner-up, while “Music and Lyrics” was a bit of a surprise down in fourth place.

Incidentally, these numbers are based on the regular three-day weekend, leaving President’s Day out of the equation, as for most of us out there, this isn’t a holiday weekend.

1. “Ghost Rider”
(Weekend domestic gross - $45.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $45.0 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
2. “Bridge to Terabithia”
(Weekend domestic gross - $22.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $22.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
3. “Norbit”
(Weekend domestic gross - $16.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $62.8 million)
(Budget - $60 million)
4. “Music and Lyrics”
(Weekend domestic gross - $13.7 million)
(Worldwide gross - $35.4 million)
(Budget - N/A)
5. “Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls”
(Weekend domestic gross - $11.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $20.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Breach”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $10.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
7. “Hannibal Rising”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $34.3 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Because I Said So”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $34.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “The Messengers”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $31.1 million)
(Budget - $16 million)
10. “Night at the Museum”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.75 million)
(Worldwide gross - $471.4 million)
(Budget - N/A)

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