By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
On a rare weekend when no new wide-release movies came out, Marley & Me capitalized by taking the top spot for the second straight weekend.
The comedy about a rambunctious Labrador retriever snapped up $24.1 million, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Media By Numbers.
The film has done $106.5 million since its debut Christmas Day.
Adam Sandler's comedy Bedtime Stories was second with $20.3 million, lifting its overall ticket sales to $85.4 million.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had a strong hold from its debut, dropping just 31% to do $18.4 million for the weekend and $79 million overall. The Brad Pitt tale appears headed for more than $100 million and, unless The Dark Knight is nominated for a best-picture Oscar, could be the only blockbuster among the Academy Award best-picture nominees.
Tom Cruise's World War II thriller Valkyrie also continues its strong run, taking fourth place with $14 million and raising its total to $60 million.
Jim Carrey's comedy Yes Man rounds out the top five with $13.9 million. It has done $79.4 million in three weeks.
The Daniel Craig World War II drama Defiance, which opened Wednesday in two theaters, had a healthy debut of $120,000, or $60,000 a screen.
3 comments:
Wow, the kid even has the helmet! Oh, that's his hair.
Is there any escape from the bowl cut? I was looking at old pics of myself over the holidays and mine was severe.
That kid is the spitting image of JSP when he as little.
K and I actually got to see our first theater movie since Batman on Sunday, and it was hard finding one that interested us at all. It came down to Doubt or Ben Button, neither of which seem like "must see on big screen" type movies.
At the last minute, we found Slumdog Millionaire at one theater across town. Phew. Very good, btw.
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