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Surprise, surprise...I totally saw this coming (note to self: gotta start betting). Anyway, The Dark Knight reigned supreme yet again with another whopper of a weekend (the last movie to come in #1 two weeks in a row was 21), leaving it's competition in the dust. But what's even more of a surprise is that The X Files did bad, man. And who actually went to see Step Brothers? Shame on you, there's way better options out there- Brideshead Revisited will go to wide release next weekend- yippee!

For the Weekend of July 25th - 27th.

1. The Dark Knight...$75 mil
2. Step Brothers........$30 mil
3. Mama Mia!............$17 mil
4. The X Files.............$10 mil
5. Journey/Earth.......$9 mil

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What a wowzer of a weekend, huh? Obviously, I love it when films break records which is exactly what two films did this weekend, particularly TDK- I've heard it broke upwards of eight of 'em, but Mama Mia!, did as well, becoming the best musical weekend gross of all time. But this single-handed weekend has become the highest grossing weekend of all time. Wowzers!

For the Weekend of July 18th - 20th.

1. The Dark Knight...$158 mil
2. Mamma Mia!........$27 mil
3. Hancock..............$14
4. Journey/Earth....$12
5. HellBoy II...........$10

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I saw no reason to go to the movies this weekend. Nothing interested me. Some audiences agreed with me- but obviously not all. The second installment in the Hellboy franchise raked in a couple million more than it's predecessor, but didn't have a huge opening by any summer box office standings.

For the Weekend of July 13th - 15th.

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army............$34 mil
2. Hancock.................................................$32 mil
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth...$21 mil
4. Wall- E...................................................$18 mil
5. Wanted..................................................$11 mil

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Things went exactly as I expected this week at the box office. Hancock making [over a whopping 5.5 days this past holiday], more than $100 million is no surprise; it has become Will Smith's 2nd biggest opening, behind this December's I am Legend. From the looks of things, everything from last week has just shifted down a spot.

For the Weekend of July 4th- 6th.

1. Hancock...............$107 million*
2. Wall-E..................$33 mil
3. Wanted................$20 mil
4. Get Smart...........$11 mil
5. Kung Fu Panda...$7 mil
   

*Only Hancock's b.o is over a 5.5 day period (its weekend b.o. was $66 mil)!

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When this week's numbers were announced I was utterly stunned. Many were predicting a much smaller opening for the Jolie- and-McAvoy-action-packed-Wanted. And Wall-E has become the third best opening for Pixar, but that's not of much surprise either; there's a 9/10 chance we'll see it nominated for (and winning) the Oscar, come December.

For the Weekend of June 27th - 29th.

1. Wall-E...........................$62 mil
2. Wanted.........................$51 mil
3. Get Smart....................$20 mil
4. Kung Fu Panda............$11 mil
5. The Incredible Hulk...$9 mil

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Am I surprised by this weekend's numbers? In a word- nope. It was obvious that Get Smart would take the top spot (despite mixed reviews, I know many who were looking forward to it). And this week's other opening, The Love Guru, doing badly is certainly no shocker.


For the Weekend of June 20th-22nd.

1. Get Smart....................$38 mil
2. The Incredible Hulk...$22 mil
3. Kung Fu Panda...........$21 mil
4. The Love Guru............$13 mil
5. The Happening...........$10 mil

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Yet another weekend of surprising summer box office. The remake of The Incredible Hulk pulled in way more than I ever would have expected, considering the one from 5 years ago was so bad (and no one is talking about it, but the first one made $62 milllion its opening weekend); though it had an impressive opening, I highly doubt it'll make back its $150 million budget in the U.S. Also, many are surprised The Happening took in as much as it did, but I never really doubted it would take in any less than $25 million, luckily it made more.

For the Weekend of June 3th-15th.

1. The Incredible Hulk...$55 mil
2. Kung Fu Panda...........$33 mil
3. The Happening...........$30 mil
4. Zohan........................$16 mil
5. Indy 4........................$14 mil

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It was a suprising weekend. I really did not think Kung Fu Panda would do so well; nor did I think Zohan would be so far behind; nor did I think SATC would slip (in their Manolos, heehee) to 4th. But I'm happy Liv Tyler's The Strangers has pulled in an impressive $37 mil in 2 weeks (its budget was a teensy 9 mil).

For the Weekend of June 6th - 8th.

1. Kung Fu Panda.....$60 mil
2. Zohan...................$38 mil
3. Indy 4...................$22 mil
4. Sex........................$21 mil
5. The Strangers........$8 mil