WOODY ALLEN - THE (BOX OFFICE) NEWS WASN'T ALL BAD

There were a few impressive figures at the weekend box office. The Woody Allen movie, Vicky Cristina Barcelona remained the biggest draw on a per-theater basis, averaging $5,103 at at 692 theaters. It dropped only 7 percent from last week. The Don Cheadle thriller Traitor was second on a per-theater basis as it averaged $4,869 at 2054 outlets. The Universal musical Mamma Mia!, which earned $5.8 million, actually improved slightly in its seventh week, up 1 percent from last week. Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight crossed the $500-million mark to bring its total to $504.7 million in its seventh week. And Universal's The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor although falling out of the top ten to 12th place, added another $3.5 million to its take to put its total at $98.7 million and also to put it in position to cross the $100-million mark by next weekend. On the other hand, Star Wars The Clone Wars fell out of the top ten in just its third week as it took in only $3.5 million to bring its current gross to $30.4 million.

02/09/2008