Monday, September 1, 2008

Summer Box Office Winners

1. The Dark Knight - $502.42 million
2. Iron Man - $317.57
3. Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $315.34
4. Hancock - $226.55
5. Wall-E - $217.91
6. Kung Fu Panda - $212.96
7. Sex & the City - $152.44
8. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $141.55
9. The Incredible Hulk - $134.5
10. Wanted - $134
11. Mamma Mia! - $131.51
12. Get Smart - $128.29
13. You Don't Mess with the Zohan - $99.68
14. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $97.83
15. Step Brothers - $97.82
16. Journey to the Center of the Earth - $94.58
17. Tropic Thunder - $83.83
18. What Happens in Vegas - $80.25
19. Pineapple Express - $79.77
20. Hellboy II - $75.39

The Dark Knight will not beat Titanic, but it will take a comfortable second on the All-Time domestic gross list. Three of the top ten are comic-book movies. Five of the top twenty are sequels. Tropic Thunder is sure to pass $100 million and climb a few spots. The Mummy 3 will squeak across $100 million too. I'll revisit it in a month when the numbers have settled.

Modest Break-Eveners: The Happening ($64), Made of Honor ($46)

Low-Budget Success: The Strangers ($52), Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2 ($41), The House Bunny ($27)

Flat-Out Bombs : Speed Racer ($44), The Love Guru ($32), Star Wars: The Clone Wars ($29), Space Chimps ($28), The X-Files 2 ($20), Swing Vote ($15), Meet Dave ($11), The Rocker ($6), Babylon A.D. ($70 million budget; it'll probably end up getting around $25 million back)

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