June 27-29, 2008 Movie Box Office

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"June 27-29, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"WALLE" #1
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Walle While "WALLE" grabbed the #1 spot at the movie box office, capturing over $63 million, it wasn't by any stretch a record breaking weekend for Disney or Pixar.

Many years ago, when movie ticket prices were lower, "Finding Nemo" grabbed over $70 million its first three days in movie theaters.

And just three weeks ago, the lame Dreamworks Animation film "Kung Fu Panda," opened with over $60 million - and came in #4 this weekend, going head-to-head with "WALLE."

"Wanted," which opened in nearly 1000 less theaters against "WALLE," was the #1 movie on a per screen average - and #2 overall - grabbing over $52 million. Not bad for an R-rated action flick.

Surprisingly, both "WALLE" and "Wanted" had precipitous drops their second day in movie theaters, Saturday. Most new movies have 25-40% rises on the first full weekend day of their release. In fact, all other movies in the Top 10 at the movie box office this weekend had spikes in their box office tallies on Saturday, compared to their Friday takes.

It remains to be seen how well "WALLE" and "Wanted" will fare this July 4th long holiday weekend when the badly reviewed "Hancock," starring closet Scientologist Will Smith, hits movie theaters.

"The Love Guru," which was released last week, will be out of theaters sooner than later, making it one of the biggest bombs at the summer movie box office, and the biggest disaster in Mike Myers' movie career - this decade.

Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office June 27-29, 2008

1 WallE - 3,992 Theaters - $15,656 Per Screen - NEW $63,000,000

2 Wanted - 3,175 Theaters - $16,100 Per Screen - NEW $51,000,000

3 Get Smart $20,000,000 - 3,915 Theaters - $5,108 Per Screen - Gross $77,266,000

4 Kung Fu Panda $11,746,000 - 3,670 Theaters - $3,200 Per Screen - Gross $179,330,000

5 The Incredible Hulk - $9,226,000 - 3,349 Theaters - $2,754 Per Screen - Gross $115,508,000

6 The Love Guru - $5,440,000 - 3,012 Theaters - $1,806 Per Screen - Gross $25,322,000

7 Indiana Jones 4 - $5,030,000 - 2,556 Theaters - $1,967 Per Screen - Gross $300,000,000

8 The Happening - $3,850,000 - 2,483 Theaters - $1,550 Per Screen - Gross $59,063,000

9 Sex and the City: The Movie - $3,770,000 - 1,755 Theaters - $2,148 Per Screen - Gross $140,132,000

10 You Don't Mess with the Zohan - $3,200,000 - 2,147 Theaters - $1,490 Per Screen - Gross $91,215,000

11 Iron Man - $2,254,000 - 1,379 Theaters - $1,634 Per Screen - Gross $309,176,000

12 The Chronicles of Narnia 2 - $1,060,000 - 690 Theaters - $1,536 Per Screen - Gross $137,687,000

13 Mongol - $812,862 - 209 Theaters - $3,889 Per Screen - Gross $2,288,109

14 The Strangers - $632,115 - 602 Theaters - $1,050 Per Screen - Gross $51,519,705

15 What Happens in Vegas - $370,726 - 361 Theaters - $1,026 Per Screen - Gross $78,344,563

16 The Visitor - $295,387 - 191 Theaters - $1,546 Per Screen - Gross $7,651,884

17 Baby Mama - $205,720 - 278 Theaters - $740 Per Screen - Gross $59,644,700

18 Made of Honor - $190,960 - 291 Theaters - $656 Per Screen - Gross $46,012,734

19 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic - 69 Theaters - $2,632 Per Screen - NEW $181,610

20 Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $124,165 - 194 Theaters - $640 Per Screen - Gross $62,725,000

21 Nim's Island - $114,650 - 213 Theaters - $538 Per Screen - Gross $47,211,224

22 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - $107,019 - 5 Theaters - $21,403 Per Screen - Gross $450,140

23 When Did You Last See Your Father - $104,543 - 44 Theaters - $2,375 Per Screen - Gross $378,873

24 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure IMAX - $100,639 - 48 Theaters - $2,096 Per Screen - Gross $14,755,088

25 Then She Found Me - $95,424 - 85 Theaters - $1,122 Per Screen - Gross $3,384,821

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