Monday, March 19, 2007

Box Office Report: March 16-18

Despite having to deal with a large portion of the male audience tuned into the annual college basketball tournament ritual known as “March Madness” over the weekend, the action-packed “300” managed to hold onto the top spot, pulling in more than $30 million. Worldwide, it’s already surpassed $150 million and is an unqualified success, as is this weekend’s number two pic, “Wild Hogs,” which has now surpassed $100 million.

The top debut of the week belonged to “Premonition,” the Sandra Bullock film about a wife who’s having a really wacky week. The thriller pulled in more than $17 million, easily holding off “Dead Silence,” a horror film that was basically DOA at the box office. I guess creepy ventriloquist dolls just don’t draw in the crowds at theaters.

1. “300”
(Weekend domestic gross - $32.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $154.4 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
2. “Wild Hogs”
(Weekend domestic gross - $19.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $107.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
3. “Premonition”
(Weekend domestic gross - $17.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $17.6 million)
(Budget - $20 million)
4. “Dead Silence”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $7.8 million)
(Budget - $20 million)
5. “I Think I Love My Wife”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.7 million)
(Worldwide gross - $5.7 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Bridge to Terabithia”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $85.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
7. “Ghost Rider”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $197.6 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
8. “Zodiac”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $29.1 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
9. “Norbit”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $112.2 million)
(Budget - $60 million)
10. “Music and Lyrics”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $104.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)

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