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Will Smith’s HANCOCK Tops North American Box Office



Will Smith in Hancock

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.

Wall-E

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.

Angelina Jolie in Wanted

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.

Abigail Breslin in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

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)

 

WALL-E and WANTED Dominate North American Box Office

GET SMART Is #1 at the Box Office

THE INCREDIBLE HULK Has a Green Box-Office Weekend

KUNG FU PANDA Messes with ZOHAN (and Wins)

SEX AND THE CITY Tops Box office

INDIANA JONES Dethrones PRINCE CASPIAN

PRINCE CASPIAN Overthrows IRON MAN

IRON MAN Beats SPEED RACER

IRON MAN Soars

BABY MAMA Tops Box Office

 

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1 Comment to Will Smith's HANCOCK Tops North American Box Office

  1. October 10, 2009 | Permalink

    I've watched most of the movies in the list. Ok maybe not Wall-E.

    In any case,i think indiana jones was ok,though some of the die-hard fans would want to nit-pick about it.

    Hey it's just good old fashion fun and adventure right? :-)

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