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"July 25-27, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"The Dark Knight" #1
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"The Dark Knight" remains the #1 movie at the movie box office, its second weekend in movie theaters, grabbing nearly $76 million. ("Shrek 2" held the title for biggest second weekend movie box office gross with $72 million). "The Dark Knight's" ten day movie box office gross stands at $314 million. The previous fastest to $300 million movie was "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," which took 16 days to reach the $300 million mark. The next movie to give "The Dark Knight" a run for its money at the movie box office will be "The Mummy 3," in theaters next Friday, August 1st. (Keep in mind that all of these movie box office records which "The Dark Knight" has broken mean not much since movie ticket prices go up exponentially each year. Hollywood needs to start tracking movies the way music and television show traffic is gauged; by number of units sold or number of people who watch. Our advice to Hollywood studios: start reporting the number of TICKETS SOLD each weekend). Will Ferrell's "Step Brothers" took the #2 spot at the movie box office with less than half of the weekend total of "The Dark Knight." The ten years in the making "The X Files 2" bombed, as expected, coming in #4, behind "Mamma Mia: The Movie," eeking out just over $10 million, its first three days in movie theaters.

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office July 25-27, 2008

1 The Dark Knight - $75,630,000 - 4,366 Theaters - $17,322 Per Screen - Gross $314,245,000

2 Step Brothers - 3,094 Theaters - $9,696 Per Screen - NEW $30,000,000

3 Mamma Mia: The Movie - $17,865,000 - 2,990 Theaters - $5,974 Per Screen - Gross $62,714,000

4 The X-Files 2 - 3,185 Theaters - $3,202 Per Screen - NEW $10,200,000

5 Journey to the Center of the Earth - $9,415,000 - 2,688 Theaters - $3,502 Per Screen - Gross $60,185,000

6 Hancock - $8,200,000 - 3,309 Theaters - $2,478 Per Screen - Gross $206,371,000

7 WallE - $6,349,000 - 3,044 Theaters - $2,085 Per Screen - Gross $195,235,000

8 Hellboy 2 - $4,934,000 - 3,018 Theaters - $1,634 Per Screen - Gross $65,894,000

9 Space Chimps - $4,375,000 - 2,538 Theaters - $1,723 Per Screen - Gross $16,006,000

10 Wanted - $2,727,000 - 1,754 Theaters - $1,554 Per Screen - Gross $128,616,000

11 Get Smart - $2,300,000 - 1,420 Theaters - $1,619 Per Screen - Gross $124,214,000

12 Kung Fu Panda - $1,030,000 - 917 Theaters - $1,123 Per Screen - Gross $208,972,000

13 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - $601,888 - 535 Theaters - $1,125 Per Screen - Gross $15,275,168

14 Indiana Jones 4 - $570,774 - 477 Theaters - $1,196 Per Screen - Gross $313,646,685

15 Sex and the City: The Movie - $447,444 - 347 Theaters - $1,289 Per Screen - Gross $150,841,566

16 The Incredible Hulk 2008 - $423,150 - 403 Theaters - $1,050 Per Screen - Gross $132,541,330

17 Tell No One - $421,821 - 77 Theaters - $5,478 Per Screen - Gross $1,653,434

18 You Don't Mess with the Zohan - $385,400 - 224 Theaters - $1,720 Per Screen - Gross $98,319,368

19 Meet Dave - $381,469 - 488 Theaters - $781 Per Screen - Gross $10,839,801

20 The Chronicles of Narnia 2 - $372,519 - 322 Theaters - $1,156 Per Screen - Gross $140,117,978

21 Brideshead Revisited - $339,616 - 33 Theaters - $10,291 Per Screen - NEW $339,616

22 Iron Man - $310,654 - 274 Theaters - $1,133 Per Screen - Gross $314,925,955

23 The Wackness - $232,940 - 120 Theaters $1,941 Per Screen - Gross $1,063,920

24 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX) - $177,308 - 46 Theaters - $3,854 Per Screen - Gross $16,470,579

25 Mongol - $163,137 - 144 Theaters - $1,132 Per Screen - Gross $5,171,878

NEW IN LIMITED RELEASE

Man On Wire - 2 Theaters - $24,000 Per Screen - NEW $48,000

American Teen - 5 Theaters - $8,560 Per Screen - NEW $42,800

CSNY: Deja Vu - 24 Theaters - $1,504 Per Screen - NEW $36,100

Boy A - 2 Theaters - $6,650 Per Screen - NEW $13,100

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