Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earned an estimated $101
million between Friday and Sunday and might well outdo the current Memorial Day holiday
champ, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, for the five-day record.
Pirates earned $153 million during that period last year. Currently Crystal
Skull is expected to come in at about $151 million. Final figures are due to
be released on Wednesday. The film is expected to earn nearly the same amount internationally
, due primarily to the greater strength of foreign currency. Nevertheless, it will
take more than a single Indiana Jones success to lift the box office to its
year-ago level. Currently, total ticket sales for 2008 are down almost 4 percent
from 2007 and admissions are down 6.7 percent, according to box-office trackers Media
by Numbers. In an interview with the London Financial Times, Dergarabedian
said, "Indiana Jones is a shot in the arm but we're going to need consistency
in the entire marketplace to catch up to last year."
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media
by Numbers:
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
$101 million; 2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $23 million; 3.
Iron Man, $20.1 million; 4. What Happens in Vegas, $9 million; 5. Speed
Racer, $4 million; 6. Made of Honor, $3.4 million; 7. Baby Mama, $3.3
million; 8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1.7 million; 9. Harold & Kumar
Escape from Guantánamo Bay, $900,000; 10. The Visitor, $800,000.
26/05/2008
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