Box Office Report: Sept. 8-10

It was a rather uneventful weekend at the box office, as the teen horror flick, “The Covenant,” slipped into the top spot with a rather unimpressive $8.9 million. The fact that it was $3 million more than the next newcomer, “Hollywoodland,” is an unfortunate comment on the generally poor numbers for the weekend.

One movie whose numbers have been far from unimpressive is “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” which has officially broken through the $1 billion barrier at the worldwide box office. For the record, it now ranks third on the all-time list, trailing only “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Titanic.”

1. “The Covenant”
(Weekend domestic gross - $8.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $8.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
2. “Hollywoodland”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $5.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
3. “Invincible”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $45.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
4. “The Protector”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $12.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
5. “Crank”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $21.3 million)
(Budget - $12 million)
6. “The Illusionist”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.5 million)
(Worldwide gross - $18.1 million)
(Budget - $16.5 million)
7. “Little Miss Sunshine”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $41.6 million)
(Budget - $8 million)
8. “The Wicker Man”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $19.3 million)
(Budget - $35 million)
9. “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $142.8 million)
(Budget - $72.5 million)
10. “Barnyard”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.7 million)
(Worldwide gross - $67.2 million)
(Budget - $51 million)

2006 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
(Worldwide gross - $1.0 billion)
(Budget - $225 million)
2. “The Da Vinci Code”
(Worldwide gross - $753.7 million)
(Budget - $125 million)
3. “Ice Age: The Meltdown”
(Worldwide gross - $645.8 million)
(Budget - $80 million)
4. “X-Men: The Last Stand”
(Worldwide gross - $441.7 million)
(Budget - $210 million)
5. “Cars”
(Worldwide gross - $415.5 million)
(Budget - $120 million)
6. “Mission: Impossible III”
(Worldwide gross - $395.6 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
7. “Superman Returns”
(Worldwide gross - $383.4 million)
(Budget - $260 million)
8. “Over the Hedge”
(Worldwide gross - $307.8 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “The Break-Up”
(Worldwide gross - $190.9 million)
(Budget - $52 million)
10. “Inside Man”
(Worldwide gross - $183.9 million)
(Budget - $45 million)