DISNEY - HALLOWEEN BUSINESS FRIGHTFUL

HALLOWEEN BUSINESS FRIGHTFUL

Halloween butchered the weekend box office as many movies were shown to nearempty houses on Friday night. The weekend's top-12 films grossed just$43,995,938 versus $121,451,461 last year, a drop of 39.07 percent,according to box-office trackers Media by Numbers. Attendance for the yearis down 4.53 percent, although box-office revenue is virtually flat. Thesecond week of High School Musical 3 Senior Year remained the box-officechamp, scoring $15.3 million. Three films landed in a virtual dead heat forsecond place. Zack and Miri Make a Porno edged out rivals SawV and Changeling as it took in $10,065,630 compared with$9,741,578 for Saw V and $9,351,560 for Changeling.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled byMedia by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross todate) 1. High School Musical 3 Senior Year, Disney,$15,316,072, 2 Wks. ($62,034,083); 2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno ,Weinstein Co. $10,065,630, (New); 3 . Saw V , Lionsgate, $9,741,578, 2Wks. ($45,469,066); 4 . Changeling, Universal, $9,351,560, 2 Wks.($10,031,122); 5. The Haunting of Molly Hartley , Freestyle Releasing,$5,423,315, (New); 6. Beverly Hills Chihuahua , Disney, $4,864,021, 5Wks. ($84,177,645); 7. The Secret Life of Bees , Fox Searchlight,$4,010,668, 2 Wks. ($25,297,621); 8. Max Payne, 20th Century Fox,$3,688,253, 3 Wks. ($35,538,365); 9. Eagle Eye, DreamWorks/Paramount,$3,482,655, 6 Wks. ($92,616,665); 10. Pride & Glor y, WarnerBros., $3,363,452, 2 Wks. ($11,719,094).

04/11/2008