Hancock and Will Smith kept their box office immortality intact through the holiday weekend, amassing an estimated bounty of $107.3 million take from Tuesday evening through Sunday per BoxOfficeMojo.com.
From Friday though Sunday, Hancock brushed aside harsh critical reaction and raked in $66 million or almost double Wall-E’s $33.4 million take. It’s per-screen average was slightly over double Wall-E’s at $16,645 versus $8,370.
Wanted’s 59% drop from its opening week was sharper than Wall-E’s 47% drop but won’t keep the Angelina Jolie stylistic actioneer from crossing the $100 million mark. Through Sunday it stands at $90.7 million after just two weeks.
The only other newcomer this past weekend, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, pulled in a per-screen average of $1,953.
The remaining top 10 weekend box office champs shake out as follows with Get Smart on the verge of joining the $100 club with all-time receipts totaling $98 million.
- 1. Hancock: $66m
- 2. Wall*E: $33.4m
- 3. Wanted: $20.6m
- 4. Get Smart: $11.1m
- 5. Kung Fu Panda: $7.5m
- 6. The Incredible Hulk: $4.9m
- 7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $3.9m
- 8. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl: $3.6m
- 9. Sex and the City: $2.3m
- 10. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan: $2m
Next weekend sees a trifecta of big releases square off: Universal’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, New Line’s Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D and Fox’s new Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave.
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