Jun 29 2008
Weekend Box Office for June 27-29
As predicted, Wall-E dominated the box office this weekend. The Pixar animated wonder (really, it is phenomenal) grossed $62.5 million, besting many industry estimates. As far as Pixar movies go, it just about ties Monsters, Inc. for the third highest opening for a Pixar movie, behind The Incredible and Finding Nemo.
The big surprise this weekend was Wanted. Estimates had that movie making about $30-40 million and it actually took the number two spot with $51 million. Those numbers are already good enough, but they’re even bettered by the fact that the film only cost $75 million to make (compared to Wall-E’s $180 million). When you take into account the large international gross the film will probably get (Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted’s director, helmed the highest grossing Russian films ever; the star, James McAvoy is big in his native UK, so I can imagine the film having success in Europe), Wanted will likely be a worldwide hit.
Iron Man is finally out of the Top 10. Last week, it became the first film to reach $300 million this year. Indiana Jones, which was number seven this week, has grossed $299,936 million and will be the second film to cross that threshold before too long. That is, unless it slows down enough in the next two weeks and The Dark Knight is the enormous success everyone thinks it will be.
Here’s the complete list :
1. Wall-E: $62.5 million
2. Wanted: $51 million
3. Get Smart: $20 million
4. Kung Fu Panda: $11.7 million
5. The Incredible Hulk: $9 million
6. The Love Guru: $5.4 million
7. Indiana Jones… Skull: $5 million
8. The Happening: $3.8 million
9. Sex and the City: $3.7 million
10. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan: $3.2 million
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