BOX OFFICE REPORT: ‘Kung Fu Panda’ wins Box Office battle
Written by Rick From Chicago on June 8th, 2008 in Box Office Report, Movies. 281 views
The animated feature nabed $60 million this past weekend.
Turns out you don’t mess with a panda who knows kung fu.
DreamWorks Animation and Paramount’s “Kung Fu Panda” easily won the weekend box office, grossing an estimated $60 million from 4,114 theaters and delivering the best opening ever for a DreamWorks Animation original pic after the “Shrek” sequels. Only toon to have opened higher was “Shrek the Third” ($121.6 million).
That didn’t mean there wasn’t plenty left over for Sony’s Adam Sandler laffer “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” Irreverent PG-13 comedy opened to an estimated $40 million from 3,462 runs, further solidifying Sandler’s reputation for turning out consistent B.O. hits.
Elsewhere, New Line and Warner Bros.’ “Sex and the City” all but jumped the $100 million mark at the domestic box office in only its second weekend, although it still saw a sizeable decline of 63% to an estimated $22.8 million from 4,190 runs for a cume of $99.3 million.
Paramount’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” crossed the $250 million mark at the B.O. and narrowly beat out “Sex and the City” to come in No. 3. Tentpole declined 49% to an estimated $22.8 million from 4,190 screens in its third frame for a cume of $253 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. “Kung Fu Panda,” $60 million.
2. “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” $40 million.
3. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” $22.8 million.
4. “Sex and the City,” $21.3 million.
5. “The Strangers,” $9.3 million.
6. “Iron Man,” $7.5 million.
7. “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” $5.5 million.
8. “What Happens in Vegas,” $3.4 million.
9. “Baby Mama,” $780,000
10. “Made Of Honor,” $775,000.
[Credit: Variety / Media By Numbers]
June 9th, 2008 at 1:53 am
IT SAID IN THE NEWS THAT SANDLER ALWAYS MAKE YOU LAUGH, THAT’S WHY HE’S THE GOLDEN BOY FOR HOLLYWOOD. WHY DO I FEEL LIKE AN ODDBALL FOR KNOWING THAT THIS IDIOT IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY FUNNY? I MEAN, EVEN I WERE SECTION 8 TRASH, I DON’T THINK I WOULD LIKE HIS MOVIES.