Top 10 for April 20-22, 2007 Summary: Final numbers are in.
With summer just around the corner studios unloaded four new releases this weekend, including the eagerly anticipated buddy cop spoof Hot Fuzz (from the makers of Shaun of the Dead), but it was Paramount's teen-remake Disturbia that once again stole the show, earning an estimated $13.46 million to top the box office for the second straight weekend.
Disturbia fell a much smaller than expected 41% in its sophomore frame (second best in the top ten), pushing its ten day take to $40.2 million. A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic voyeur thriller Rear Window, Disturbia has largely been successful with the demographic most likely unfamiliar with the 1954 Jimmy Stewart-Grace Kelly film. With good word of mouth, look for the $23 million budgeted Paramount-DreamWorks release to finish with a strong $70+ million domestically.
Among new releases, New Line's murder thriller Fracture finished by far the strongest, earning $11 million in second. Averaging $4,509 in 2,443 theaters, the Anthony Hopkins-Ryan Gosling starrer was helped by mostly positive reviews from critics.
Blades of Glory continued its strong run, finish with the bronze medal this weekend in its fourth week of release with $7.6 million. Budgeted at $61 million, the Will Ferrell-Jon Heder ice skating comedy has now amassed $101 million, giving Ferrell his third career $100 million grossing picture, and Heder's first.
In fourth was the horror flick Vacancy, which opened with a disappointing $7.6 million this weekend. Averaging an awful $2,979 from 2,551 theaters, the Luke Wilson-Kate Beckinsale starrer will be lucky to break even domestically on its modest $19 million budget.
Rounding out the top five was Disney's computer-animated Meet the Robinsons, which fell 44% to $6.9 million in its fourth week of release, pushing its cume to $82.2 million.
The best per theater opening of the weekend easily went to the British action-comedy Hot Fuzz, which took in an estimated $5.8 milllion from just 825 theaters, averaging a strong $7,075 per theater. The R-rated comedy from the same team that brought us 2004's cult hit Shaun of the Dead earned by far the strongest reviews of the weekend, and should see a healthy run at the box office. Budgeted at just $16 million, the film's debut was superior to Shaun's $3.3 million debut in 607 theaters back in 2004. That film managed just $13.5 million domestically and $30 million worldwide. This latest concoction has already grossed an impressive $41 million in the U.K. alone, and could potentially surpass $100 million worldwide by the end of its run.
Debuting in eighth was Adam Brody's comedy In the Land of Women, which debuted to just $4.9 million in 2,155 theaters for a $2,281 average. Sony's Perfect Stranger tumbled a precipitous 63% in its sophomore frame to an estimated $4.1 million. In ten days, the Halle Berry-Bruce Willis starrer has grossed just $18.1 million and will struggle to reach $25 million domestically.
Out of the top ten was Warner's blockbuster actioner 300, which took in $2.2 million pushing its seven week take to an incredible $204.6 million. Budgeted at just $65 million, the R-rated comic-adaptation has grossed $408 million worldwide.
In limited release, Miramax's well-reviewed Richard Gere drama The Hoax expanded from 413 to 1,069 theaters,
but slipped 11% to an estimated $1.3 million. Its cume now stands at $5.1 million.
With no strong newcomer paving the way, the top ten films grossed just $70.1 million, down a hefty 26% from last year's comparable frame when Silent Hill topped the weekend with $20.2 million.
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