JENNIFER ANISTON - THE BREAK UP BREAKS OUT

The Jennifer Aniston-Vince Vaughn romantic comedy The Break-Up did even better at the box office over the weekend than estimates had indicated. According to final figures released Monday, Universal film pulled in an astounding $39.2 million, well above last week's winner, 20th Century Fox's X-Men: The Last Stand, which dropped an astounding 67 percent to wind up with $34 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. The Break-Up, Universal, $39,172,785, (New); 2. X-Men: The Last Stand, 20th Century Fox, $34,017,247, 2 Wks. ($175,348,409); 3. Over the Hedge, DreamWorks, $20,647,284, 3 Wks. ($112,357,940); 4. The Da Vinci Code, Sony, $18,610,187, 2 Wks. ($171,966,151); 5. Mission: Impossible 3, Paramount, $4,684,544, 5 Wks. ($122,669,375); 6. Poseidon, Warner Bros. $3,49,2361, 4 Wks. ($51,760,587); 7. RV, Sony, $3,204,449, 6 Wks. ($61,710,810); 8. See No Evil, Lionsgate, $2,041,172, 3 Wks. ($12,405,131); 9. An Inconvenient Truth, Paramount, $1,356,387, 2 Wks. ($1,937,361); 10. Just My Luck, 20th Century Fox, $854,653, 4 Wks. ($15,600,317).

06/06/2006