GET SMART Is #1 at the Box Office
Get Smart stormed to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $39.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
In the Peter Segal-directed spy comedy, Steve Carell stars as a clumsy secret agent who has only a few days to prevent a ruthless crime lord from securing world domination. Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, and Dwayne Johnson co-star.
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda stayed put at No. 2 with a weekend gross of $21.7 million, reaching a total domestic gross of $155.5 million after three weeks in release. Directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, the film follows the adventures of a lazy panda who must learn the basics of kung fu.
Last week’s box office champion, The Incredible Hulk, slipped to third place with $21.5 million from ticket sales at 3,508 locations. Released by 20th Century-Fox and directed by Louis Leterrier, the Marvel comic book adaptation starring Edward Norton brought its total haul to $96.4 million after a strong two-week run.
Debuting in fourth place with a disappointing $14 million was new entry The Love Guru, Marco Schnabel’s comedy starring Mike Myers as a guru who helps a professional hockey player win back his wife. Torn apart by the nation’s top critics, the film couldn’t stand a chance against its competition despite opening in 3,012 theaters.
Meanwhile, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening dropped to No. 5, collecting $10 million and lifting its cumulative gross to $50.2 million after two weeks. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, the mystery thriller follows a couple on the run from an inexplicable event that threatens humankind.
Paramount’s action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ranked in sixth, earning $8.4 million. The Steven Spielberg-directed fourth installment in the popular series lifted its total gross to $290.8 million after only five weeks in release.
Closely following at No. 7 was Adam Sandler’s comedy You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, which pulled in $7.2 million, reaching a domestic total of $84 million. New Line’s Sex and the City fell to No. 8, with a weekend gross of $6.4 million and a total of $132.3 after four impressive weeks in release.
Two films rounded out the top 10: Jon Favreau’s success hit Iron Man, which reached a total haul of $304.7 million after this weekend’s revenues of $4 million, and Bryan Bertino’s directorial debut The Strangers, which lifted its cumulative gross to $49.5 million.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian finished eleventh with a total of $135.4 million, while What Happens in Vegas had a cumulative take of $77.5 million.
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