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Thriller 'Disturbia' tops box office for third week
Thriller 'Disturbia' tops box office for third week
Tuesday May 01, 2007
Teen thriller "Disturbia" topped the North American box-office for the third weekend in a row, final figures showed Monday, as cinemas geared up for the start of the blockbuster season.
With "Spider-Man 3" set to start spinning its web in US theatres from Friday, last weekend's box-office earnings represented the calm before the storm of what promises to be a money-spinning month of May.
As well as "Spider-Man 3", May sees new films from two of the most profitable film franchises in history, "Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean." The three film series have grossed over 4 billion dollars between them since 2001.
In what was almost certainly its last week on top before it is displaced by "Spider-Man 3", "Disturbia" netted 9 million dollars, figures released by box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
Another teen thriller, "The Invisible," debuted in second place with 7.7 million. The film follows an adolescent ghost aiming to avenge his murder.
"Next," the story of a Las Vegas magician who can glimpse a few minutes into the future starring Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore, opened in the third slot with 7.1 million dollars in ticket sales.
The fourth-place movie of the weekend was police drama "Fracture," taking in 6.8 million dollars, while the ice skating comedy "Blades of Glory" skidded to fifth place with 5.1 million dollars.
British police comedy "Hot Fuzz," followed in sixth place after earning 4.9 million, with "Meet the Robinsons," a Disney computer-animated feature about a child orphan inventor and his saga to save the future, was seventh with 4.8 million dollars.
The gruesome motel horror flick "Vacancy" was next with 4.1 million.
US wrestler's Stone Cold Steve Austin's action thriller "The Condemned," about a man who has to fight his way out of a Central American prison, debuted at ninth place with 3.8 million dollars.
Rounding out the top 12 was the Ice Cube comedy "Are We Done Yet" at 10th with 3.4 million, "In the Land of Women" with 2.6 million and the breakdancing revival "Kickin' It Old Skool" opened with 2.5 million dollars.
The top 12 films grossed an estimated 62.1 million dollars, down 31 percent from the same weekend last year.
AFP
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