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"November 2-4, 2007 Movie Box Office"
"American Gangster" #1
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The big surprise this weekend is not that "American Gangster" did well. It's that "American Gangster" beat "Bee Movie," by over $7 million. And "American Gangster" clocks in at 2 1/2 hours, (1 hour longer than "Bee Movie") and opened in nearly 1000 fewer theaters than "Bee Movie" (an embarassment, definitely, for Dreamworks). "American Gangster" robbed the bee hive this weekend. The questions are, how will "American Gangster" hold up at the box office - it got dreadful reviews - and whether or not it will become an Oscar favorite!

Also new in wide release: the Cusack tear jerker "Martian Child," which bombed on arrival.

Last week's #1 movie, "Saw 4," dropped to #3, yet has amassed over $50 million at the box office during its first ten days in theaters. As much as "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" has accumulated in four weeks.

This weekend huge Box Office take, over $110 million for the Top 10 films, combined, has given U.S. theaters the boost they have needed since August. This is the first time since summer that two movies have earned $40 million the same weekend.

Limited releases "Darfur Now" and "Joe Strummer" failed to impress.

With the potential $100+ million blockbusters "Mr. Magorium," "Fred Clause," "Walt Disney's Enchanted," "The Mist" and "Beowulf" hitting theaters during the rest of November, this may promise to become the biggest November at the box office in history!

Below - TOP 25 Movies At The Box Office

1 American Gangster - 3,054 Theaters - $15,174 Per Screen - NEW $47,344,000

2 Bee Movie - 3,928 Theaters - $9,954 Per Screen - NEW $40,100,000

3 Saw 4 - $11,010,000 - 3,183 Theaters - $3,459 Per Screen - Gross $51,060,000

4 Dan in Real Life - $8,125,000 - 1,925 Theaters - $4,220 Per Screen - Gross $22,950,000

5 30 Days of Night - $4,000,000 - 2,627 Theaters - $1,522 Per Screen - Gross $34,229,000

6 The Game Plan - $3,853,000 - 2,844 Theaters - $1,354 Per Screen - Gross $81,957,000

7 Martian Child - 2,020 Theaters - $1,806 Per Screen - NEW $3,650,000

8 Michael Clayton - $2,900,000 - 2,107 Theaters - $1,376 Per Screen - Gross $33,198,000

9 Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - $2,730,000 - 1,403 Theaters - $1,945 Per Screen - Gross $51,185,000

10 Gone Baby Gone - $2,400,000 - 1,617 Theaters - $1,484 Per Screen - Gross $14,948,000

11 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D - $1,543,000 - 562 Theaters - $2,745 Per Screen - Gross $12,844,000

12 The Comebacks - $1,475,000 - 1,632 Theaters - $903 Per Screen - Gross $11,940,000

13 We Own the Night - $1,400,000 - 1,634 Theaters - $856 Per Screen - Gross $27,730,000

14 Into the Wild - $1,375,000 - 660 Theaters - $2,083 Per Screen - Gross $10,991,000

15 The Darjeeling Limited - $1,300,000 - 615 Theaters - $2,113 Per Screen - Gross $8,110,000

16 Across the Universe - $1,125,000 - 822 Theaters - $1,368 Per Screen - Gross $21,070,000

17 Bella - $1,001,000 - 186 Theaters - $5,381 Per Screen - Gross $2,589,000

18 Lars and the Real Girl - $783,000 - 321 Theaters - $2,439 Per Screen - Gross $2,407,000

19 Elizabeth: The Golden Age - $627,000 - 562 Theaters - $1,115 Per Screen - Gross $15,367,000

20 Rendition - $590,000 - 609 Theaters - $968 Per Screen - Gross $9,313,000

21 The Kingdom - $470,000 - 461 Theaters - $1,019 Per Screen - Gross $46,863,000

22 The Heartbreak Kid - $456,000 - 631 Theaters - $722 Per Screen - Gross $36,213,000

23 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - $402,000 - 43 Theaters - $9,348 Per Screen - Gross $516,000

24 Lust, Caution - $333,000 - 122 Theaters - $2,729 Per Screen - Gross $3,363,000

25 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - $233,000 - 212 Theaters - $1,099 Per Screen - Gross $3,302,000

26 The Bourne Ultimatum - $205,000 - 247 Theaters - $829 Per Screen - Gross $226,780,000

Darfur Now - 3 Theaters - $8,000 Per Screen - NEW $24,000

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - 2 Theaters - $10,200 Per Screen - NEW $20,400

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