Hit movies hang on, as fans still find 'Treasure'

By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
The new year is proving kind to old movies.
For the third consecutive weekend, National Treasure: Book of Secrets was the No. 1 film, taking in $20.2 million, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Nielsen EDI.

The second installment of the Nicolas Cage adventure has done $171 million in three weeks, just $2 million shy of what the 2004 original did overall.

Treasure led a pack of holdovers that continue to play well. Will Smith's I Am Legend was second with $16.4 million, bringing its four-week total to $228.7 million.

Juno, the offbeat teen pregnancy comedy, continues to emerge as the indie hit of the season with $16.2 million and third place, having done $52 million in five weeks. Alvin and the Chipmunks was fourth with $16 million. The comedy, a blend of live action and computer-generated effects, has done $176.7 million in a month.

The only major newcomer, the horror film One Missed Call, was No. 5 with $13.5 million, about $4 million above most analysts' expectations.

Among movies in limited release, Daniel Day-Lewis' There Will Be Blood did $1.3 million on 56 screens for a strong $26,000 per-theater average.

Guillermo Del Toro's Spanish horror film The Orphanage pulled in $500,000 on 66 screens for a healthy $7,500 average per theater. Both movies expand wider later this month.

Ticket sales dipped 2% from the same weekend last year.