DISNEY - SPIDERWICK JUMPS OVER JUMPER

With kids out of school for the Presidents Day holiday on Monday Paramount's family film The Spiderwick Chronicles jumped over 20th Century Fox's Jumper to take over first place at the box office for the day. The movie took in $4.85 million on Monday, to bring its five-day total to $25,929,744, according to box-office trackers Media by Numbers. Jumper -- the top film over the five-day period -- took in $4.36 million on Monday to bring its holiday total to $38,191,015. Step Up 2 the Streets from Disney added $3.15 million to its gross on Monday, to place third with a total of $28,767,460 from Thursday through Monday. The only other film to open wide, Universal's Definitely, Maybe , was less impressive as it tallied $1.6 million on Monday, to place fifth over the holiday with $14,414,205. Warner Bros.' Fool's Gold, in its second week, captured fourth place with $2.1 million on Monday and $17.12 million over the five-day weekend, bringing its two-week gross to $44,390,687.

19/02/2008