Box Office Report: August 18-20

It had a lot of buzz, but ultimately not much bite when it came to the weekend box office numbers, as “Snakes on a Plane” just barely slithered into the top spot. Ricky Bobby was a little snakebit (last pun, I promise), as “Talladega Nights” slipped into the second slot after two weeks at number one. But it did surpass $100 million over the weekend and is the biggest hit remaining in the top 10, save for “Pirates of the Caribbean,” which continues its run towards $1 billion in worldwide grosses. It surpassed $400 million domestically faster than any other movie in history, with the exception of “Shrek 2.”

1. “Snakes on a Plane”
(Weekend domestic gross - $13.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $17.8 million)
(Budget - $33 million)
2. “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
(Weekend domestic gross - $13.76 million)
(Worldwide gross - $114.7 million)
(Budget - $72.5 million)
3. “World Trade Center”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $45.1 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
4. “Step Up”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $39.7 million)
(Budget - $12 million)
5. “Accepted”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $10.0 million)
(Budget - $23 million)
6. “Barnyard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $46.1 million)
(Budget - $51 million)
7. “Little Miss Sunshine”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $12.7 million)
(Budget - $8 million)
8. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $865.0 million)
(Budget - $225 million)
9. “Material Girls”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $4.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
10. “Pulse”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $814.7 million)
(Budget - N/A)

2006 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Worldwide gross - $865.0 million)
(Budget - $225 million)
2. “The Da Vinci Code”
(Worldwide gross - $752.1 million)
(Budget - $125 million)
3. “Ice Age: The Meltdown”
(Worldwide gross - $645.2 million)
(Budget - $80 million)
4. “X-Men: The Last Stand”
(Worldwide gross - $441.4 million)
(Budget - $210 million)
5. “Mission: Impossible III”
(Worldwide gross - $393.2 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
6. “Cars”
(Worldwide gross - $376.9 million)
(Budget - $120 million)
7. “Superman Returns”
(Worldwide gross - $360.2 million)
(Budget - $260 million)
8. “Over the Hedge”
(Worldwide gross - $301.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Inside Man”
(Worldwide gross - $183.8 million)
(Budget - $45 million)
10. “Poseidon”
(Worldwide gross - $181.2 million)
(Budget - $160 million)