DISNEY - EARTH BIG -- BIGGER ON IMAX

EARTH BIG -- BIGGER ON IMAX

The Day the Earth Stood Still shook up the box office over the weekend, winding up with $30.5 million to take the top spot. Box office trackers Media by Numbers said that IMAX screenings in just 123 theaters accounted for 12.5 percent of the total. Overall, however, the box office was down 46 percent from its total during the comparable weekend a year ago.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date) 1 . The Day the Earth Stood Still, 20th Century Fox, $30,480,153, (New); 2. Four Christmases, Warner Bros., $13,074,470, 3 Wks. ($87,77,5,974); 3. Twilight , Summit Ent. $7,951,131, 4 Wks. ($150,045,826); 4. Bolt , Disney, $7,464,282, 4 Wks. ($88,849,005); 5. Australia, 20th Century Fox, $4,169,277, 3 Wks. ($37,767,253); 6. Quantum of Solace , Sony/MGM, $3,715,522, 5 Wks. ($157,583,232); 7. Nothing Like the Holidays, Overture Films, $3,535,664, (New); 8. Madagascar Escape 2 Africa, Paramount, $3,181,231, 6 Wks. ($169,937,394); 9. Milk , Focus, $2,598,638, 3 Wks. ($7,590,976); 10. Transporter 3 , Lionsgate, $2,351,229, 3 Wks. ($29,377,080).

16/12/2008