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"May 24-28, 2007 Movie Box Office"
Memorial Day Weekend
"Pirates of the Caribbean 3" #1

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With "Spiderman 3," and "Shrek 3," already out of the gate, and each having taken in over $200 million, ("Spiderman 3," over $300 million, thusfar), "Pirates of the Caribbean 3 can lay claim to becoming the highest grossing movie that opened worldwide on the same week. In its first week in theaters, worldwide, "Pirates 3" took in a whopping $401,000,000, yes, $401 million. To find out how well "Shrek 3" fared in its second weekend in theaters, and how well "Spiderman 3" is holding up, and to find out just how badly "Bug" was exterminated at the box office during its opening weekend, cast your eyes downward.

For posters and trailers of the Top 25 movies in theaters this past weekend, click on any link below.

1 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 4,362 Theaters - $32,566 Per Screen - NEW $156,055,000

2 Shrek 3 - $69,085,000 - 4,172 Theaters - $16,559 Per Screen - Gross $219,424,000

3 Spider-Man 3 - $18,000,000 - 3,723 Theaters - $4,834 Per Screen - Gross $307,642,000

4 Bug - 1,661 Theaters - $2,528 Per Screen - NEW $4,200,000

5 Waitress - $4,000,000 - 510 Theaters - $7,843 Per Screen - Gross$6,517,000

6 28 Weeks Later - $3,300,000 - 2,013 Theaters - $1,639 Per Screen - Gross $24,421,000

7 Disturbia - $2,404,000 - 1,632 Theaters - $1,473 Per Screen - Gross $74,914,000

8 Georgia Rule - $2,380,000 - 1,904 Theaters - $1,250 Per Screen - Gross $16,805,000

9 Fracture - $1,600,000 - 907 Theaters - $1,764 Per Screen - Gross $37,124,000

10 Wild Hogs - $1,440,000 - 426 Theaters - $3,380 Per Screen - Gross $163,263,000

11 Away from Her - $970,000 - 256 Theaters - $3,789 Per Screen - Gross $2,591,000

12 The Invisible - $788,000 - 457 Theaters - $1,724 Per Screen - Gross $18,897,000

13 Blades of Glory - $644,000 - 317 Theaters - $2,031 Per Screen - Gross $116,367,000

14 Delta Farce - $640,000 - 833 Theaters - $768 Per Screen - Gross $7,332,000

15 Hot Fuzz - $620,000 - 462 Theaters - $1,341 Per Screen - Gross $22,791,000

16 Paris, je t'aime - $537,000 - 58 Theaters - $9,258 Per Screen - Gross $883,000

17 Next - $448,000 - 309 Theaters - $1,449 Per Screen - Gross $17,353,000

18 Once - $433,000 - 20 Theaters - $21,650 Per Screen - Gross $537,000

19 Black Book - $391,000 - 172 Theaters - $2,273 Per Screen - Gross $3,347,000

20 The Namesake - $303,000 - 165 Theaters - $1,836 Per Screen - Gross $12,980,000

21 The Valet - $255,000 - 79 Theaters - $3,227 Per Screen - Gross $1,206,000

22 Grindhouse - $219,000 - 175 Theaters - $1,251 Per Screen - Gross $24,779,000

23 The Lives of Others - $197,000 - 59 Theaters - $3,338 Per Screen - Gross $10,238,000

24 Avenue Montaigne - $80,700 - 45 Theaters - $1,793 Per Screen - Gross $1,870,000

25 Brooklyn Rules - $52,300 - 8 Theaters - $6,537 Per Screen - Gross $195,000

WEEK-TO-WEEK "2007 Movie Box Office" BREAKDOWN

 

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Wild About Movies now provides you with more movie posters, movie trailers, movie synopses, Behind The Scenes of movies, and celebrity interviews with stars of upcoming movies than any other web site in the world. Today you are able to peruse the movie trailers, movie posters and movie synopses of more than 500 movies not yet in theaters (and more than 15000 movies in theaters and on DVD). Which movies, you ask? The first "Wonder Woman" movie of the millennium. "Nothing Like The Holidays" and Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire." Ed Harris's "Appaloosa." The Mike Leigh film "Happy Go Lucky." And the documentary "The Linguists." John C. Reilly in "Cirque Du Freak." Patrick Swayze in "Powder Blue." Jake Gyllenhaal as "Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time" and "The Dark Knight" himself, Christian Bale, as John Connor in "Terminator Salvation." Oscar winner Adrien Brody in "The Brothers Bloom." Rose McGowan as "Red Sonja 2009." Mark Wahlberg in "Max Payne" and "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" starring Michael Cera. Also Gerard Butler in the Frank Darabont film "Law Abiding Citizen" and Chace Crawford in "The Haunting of Molly Hartley" and Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes To Jail." Ricky Gervais in "Ghost Town." Rob Zombie's "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and Justin Chatwin in "Dragonball" and Keanu Reeves in "The Day The Earth Stood Still." The independent movies: "The Dukes"and "Filth And Wisdom," directed by Madonna and "Rock N Rolla," directed by her husband, Guy Ritchie. And Seth Rogen is "The Green Hornet." Shia LaBeouf in "Transformers 2" and "Eagle Eye." The kid friendly movie "The Perfect Game" along with "Witchblade 2009," and "Smother," as well as Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as lovers in "I Love You Phillip Morris." Sequels: Everything from Vin Diesel in "Fast And Furious 4" and "Underworld 3" to "The Pink Panther 2," starring Steve Martin and "Transporter 3" to the requisite "Cloverfield 2" and "Iron Man 2" and "GI Joe The Movie." And Seann William Scott in both "Role Models" and "Trainwreck: My Life As An Idiot." The big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" and two Tony winning plays turned movies, "Doubt," starring Meryl Streep, and "Frost Nixon," starring Frank Langella. Also, the Coen Bros' "Burn After Reading," and a novel cum movie, "Choke," and The Rock in "Race To Witch Mountain." Also, "Friday the 13th 2009" and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's next collaboration, "Ashecliffe" aka "Shutter Island." In addition, "Flash Of Genius" and the big screen incarnation of "Marley & Me" and "City Of Ember" and Frank Miller's "The Spirit," now a Christmas 2008 release. "The Great Buck Howard" and Nicolas Cage in "Know1ng." Also, Brad Pitt in both "Inglorious Bastards" and "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button." The big screen adaptation of Maurice Sendack's "Where The Wild Things Are Movie," to fab film director Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," to "Saw 5," or "Saw V," depending whether you're into Roman numerals. And "Taken," starring Liam Neeson. "Local Color" and "Sex Drive." Along with "Watch Out" and "Wild Child" and "The Escapist" and "Towelhead." Also, Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in "Bride Wars;" to another movie from the creator of "Borat," "Religulous." The probable movie box office smash, "Ice Age 3." And Daniel Radcliffe naked not in "Harry Potter 6" - but Daniel Radcliffe naked at WAM and on Broadway in "Equus." More? Sure! Peter Jackson's "District 9" and "The Lovely Bones" and "The Hobbit Movies." Colin Farrell in "Pride And Glory" and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Body Of Lies." The Anne Hathaway movie "Passengers." Dreamorks Animations' "Madagascar 2" and "Monsters vs Aliens." "The Smurfs Movie;" and "Splice;" and the remake of the 1939 classic "The Women;" "Repo: Genetic Opera;" "Push;" "Terminator 4;" "AstroBoy." Even more! "Fears of the Dark" and the big screen version of "Land of the Lost" and Spike Lee's "Miracle At St. Anna" and Oliver Stone's "W" along with Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and "Chicago 7." And "Star Trek XI." Also, a slew of animated and non animated Walt Disney movies, many in 3D: including "Fraggle Rock: The Movie" and "The Jonas Brothers Movie 3D" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," "Bolt," "The King of the Elves" and "Rapunzel," "The Bear and the Bow;" "Toy Story 3," "Newt," "The Princess And The Frog," "Up," "Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea" and "Cars 2." And Universal's animated movie "The Tale Of Despereaux." Heath Ledger's last movie, "Dr. Parnassus." "Black Devil Doll." More? "The Fly Boys" and Wesley Snipes in "Gallowwalker!" Even more: "Quarantine" and "Zack And Miri." Also: Zac Efron in three big screen 2008 movies: "Footloose 2010," "17 Again" and "High School Musical 3." "Bitch Slap" and Daniel Craig in "Defiance," and as 007 in "Bond 22," which now has the official title "Quantum of Solace;" "Delgo" and the Catholic films "Pope Joan" and prequel of "The DaVinci Code," "Angels & Demons;" "Hotel For Dogs" and "Synecdoche, New York" and "Humboldt County." Benicio Del Toro as "The Wolfman" and "Che." And Hugh Jackman as "Wolverine;" "Valkyrie." The 2009 films, "He's Just Not That Into You," James ("Titanic") Cameron's "Avatar;" "Watchmen," (from the director of "300"), "The Bad Lieutenant 2009" and Hilary Swank in "Amelia." And "Adoration" and the non Disney animated movies "Coraline" and "Igor." Also, Anne Hathaway in both "Passengers" and "Rachel Getting Married." The long awaited page to screen "Twilight" and the Canadian smash "3 P'tits Cochons," Italian worldwide hit "Gomorra," as well as the Chinese blockbuster "Red Cliff" and the French hits "Hunting And Gathering" and "Ch'tis." Not to mention the Australian smash "The Tender Hook". Also, Diablo Cody in "Jennifer's Body," which she also wrote. Sean Penn as Harvey "Milk." And don't forget the must 'not' sees "My Bloody Valentine 3D" and Uwe Boll's "Far Cry." "How To Be A Serial Killer" and/or "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People" starring Simon Pegg. Also, the "2009 Oscars." Our latest big screen movie entry - "Ashes Of Time Redux" - movie trailer premiere. For the current and complete 2008 movie box office report... (continue)




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