April 11-13, 2008 Movie Box Office

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"April 11-13, 2008 Movie Box Office"
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Who would have guessed? Well, most in-the-know, when it comes to movie box office predictions, that "Prom Night," the wannabe horror/thriller, yet rated PG-13, would easily clinch the #1 spot at the movie box office, its first weekend in movie theaters. And it did. "Prom Night," a low budget, (less than $20 million), remake of the 1980 R-rated Jamie Lee Curtis starrer, catered to the tweens (boys, girls and gays), and did its job, to the chagrin of Screen Gems, the horror - and black movies - division of Sony Pictures - grabbing $22 million its first weekend in movie theaters. (Watch it fall fast next weekend, however, as "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" should make a killing at the #1 spot). How well did Keanu Reeves fare, without the hype of a "Matrix" movie? Not well. His "Street Kings," its first weekend in movie theaters, took in about half of what "Prom Night" grabbed. As for the rest of the Top 10 at the movie box office this weekend? The #1 movie the previous two weekends in movie theaters, "21," ends up at #3, (almost tying "Street Kings" for the #2 spot), while "Nim's Island," starring two-time Oscar winner, lesbian Jodie Foster, and Oscar nominee, "Little Miss Sunshine," Abigail Breslin, settles for #4. George Clooney's football farce, "Leatherheads," is a bonafide bomb, as all football movies are, and had to settle for #5. As for "Smart People," starring Oscar nominees Ellen Page (remember "Juno?") and Thomas Hayden Church? It was a movie box office bomb, taking in only $4 million. For the complete weekend movie box office report just look below!

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office April 11-13, 2008

1 Prom Night - 2,700 Theaters - $8,407 Per Screen - NEW $22,700,000

2 Street Kings - 2,467 Theaters - $4,864 Per Screen - NEW $12,000,000

3 21 - $11,000,000 - 2,736 Theaters - $4,020 Per Screen - Gross $62,268,000

4 Nim's Island - $9,000,000 - 3,518 Theaters - $2,558 Per Screen - Gross $25,280,000

5 Leatherheads - $6,207,000 - 2,771 Theaters - $2,239 Per Screen - Gross $21,907,000

6 Horton Hears A Who - $6,000,000 - 3,209 Theaters - $1,869 Per Screen - Gross $139,628,000

7 Smart People - 1,106 Theaters - $3,797 Per Screen - NEW $4,200,000

8 The Ruins - $3,250,000 - 2,814 Theaters - $1,154 Per Screen - Gross $13,413,000

9 Superhero Movie - $3,114,000 - 2,526 Theaters - $1,232 Per Screen - Gross $21,202,000

10 Drillbit Taylor - $2,070,000 - 2,205 Theaters - $938 Per Screen - Gross $28,461,000

11 Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - $1,570,000 - 1,170 Theaters - $1,341 Per Screen - Gross $40,113,000

12 10,000 B.C. - $1,510,000 - 1,550 Theaters - $974 Per Screen - Gross $91,785,000

13 Stop Loss - $1,110,000 - 1,305 Theaters - $850 Per Screen - Gross $10,033,000

14 Shutter - $1,050,000 - 1,435 Theaters - $731 Per Screen - Gross $24,838,000

15 The Bank Job - $1,020,000 - 802 Theaters - $1,271 Per Screen - Gross $28,449,000

16 Under the Same Moon - $1,010,000 - 450 Theaters - $2,244 Per Screen - Gross $10,394,000

17 Shine A Light - $982,000 - 277 Theaters - $3,545 Per Screen - Gross $2,909,000

18 College Road Trip - $834,000 - 1,012 Theaters - $824 Per Screen - Gross $42,271,000

19 Run Fat Boy Run - $603,000 - 534 Theaters - $1,129 Per Screen - Gross $5,447,000

20 Vantage Point - $570,000 - 575 Theaters - $991 Per Screen - Gross $71,953,000

21 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - $510,000 - 471 Theaters - $1,082 Per Screen - Gross $11,323,000

22 Never Back Down - $495,000 - 713 Theaters - $694 Per Screen - Gross $23,917,000

23 The Counterfeiters - $395,000 - 147 Theaters - $2,687 Per Screen - Gross $3,421,000

24 The Bucket List - $353,000 - 390 Theaters - $905 Per Screen - Gross $92,171,000

LIMITED The Visitor - 4 Theaters - $22,000 Per Screen - NEW $88,000

LIMITED Young @ Heart - 4 Theaters - $13,075 Per Screen - NEW $63,600

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