Will Smith’s HANCOCK Tops North American Box Office
July 7th, 2008 by Franck Tabouring
Will Smith remains a box-office hero.
The actor’s latest action-adventure flick, Hancock, soared to the top of the North American box office this holiday weekend with US$66 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Directed by Peter Berg and released by Sony Pictures, Hancock has grossed $107.3 million since opening on Wednesday. The film stars Smith as a drunken superhero who agrees to team up with a PR guy (Jason Bateman) to restore his damaged image.
Last week’s box office champ, WALL-E, slipped to No. 2, earning $33.4 million and reaching a domestic total of $128.1 million after an impressive two-week run. Pixar Animation’s critically acclaimed adventure tale is about a little robot who falls in love with a probe droid from outer space.
At No. 3, Timur Bekmambetov’s action hit Wanted pulled in $20.6 million from tickets sales at 3,185 locations. Starring James McAvoy as a nobody whose life takes a drastic turn when he joins a fraternity of assassins, Wanted lifted its cumulative gross to $90.7 million after only two weeks in release.
Meanwhile, Get Smart dropped to fourth place with a weekend gross of $11.1 million. The Peter Segal-directed action comedy, which stars Steve Carell as a clumsy secret agent struggling to save the world, brought is total domestic gross to $98.1 million.
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda collected $7.5 million at No. 5, reaching a total haul of $193.3 million after a solid five-week run. The adventure tale directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson follows a lazy panda on his quest to learn the basics of kung fu.
Louis Leterrier’s action hit The Incredible Hulk dropped to sixth place this weekend, taking home $4.9 million. Marvel’s comic book adaptation starring Edward Norton and Liv Tyler brought its cumulative gross to $124.9 million after four weeks in release. The film is just $8 million away from beating the $132 million total gross of Ang Lee’s 2003 version.
Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull stayed put at No. 7 with a weekend gross of $3.9 million and a total gross of $306.5 after a seven-week run. Set in 1957, the flick follows Harrison Ford’s titular character on a quest to find a magical skull and defend it against a group of Soviet agents.
Debuting in eighth place with only $3.6 million was Picturehouse’s family drama Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Based on the popular American Girl doll line, the film stars Abigail Breslin as a talented writer who’s growing up during the Great Depression.
Two films rounded out the top 10: New Line Cinema’s romantic comedy Sex and the City pulled $2.3 million at No. 9, while Sony’s You Don’t Mess with the Zohan collected $2 million in tenth place.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
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