OWEN WILSON - AN ELEPHANT STAYS IN THE BOX OFFICE

Kids returned to the movie theaters over the Easter weekend, giving Horton Hears a Who! a second consecutive box-office win with an estimated $25.1 million. Following last weekend's tally and solid midweek business, the film has now taken in $85.5 milli on in its first week. Lionsgate's Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns opened in second place with $20 million, about what analysts had predicted. The horror film Shutter from 20th Century Fox debuted in third place with $10.7 million, just ahead of Paramount's comedy, Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson, which earned around $10.2 million. In a surprise, the Spanish-language film Under the Same Moon from Fox Searchlight and The Weinstein Co. opened in 10th place with $2.6 million in 266 theaters, the most any Spanish-language film has ever made in its debut in the U.S.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:
1. Horton Hears a Who!, $25.1 million; 2. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, $20 million; 3. Shutter, $10.7 million; 4. Drillbit Taylor, $10.2 million; 5. 10,000 B.C., $8.7 million; 6. Never Back Down, $4.9 million; 7. College Road Trip, $4.6 million; 8. The Bank Job, $4.1 million; 9. Vantage Point, $3.8 million; 10. Under the Same Moon, $2.6 million.

24/03/2008