"August 1-3, 2008 Movie Box Office"
"The Dark Knight" #1
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"The Dark Knight" becomes the first movie of 2008 to claim the #1 spot at the movie box office for three consecutive weekends. On Friday, "The Mummy 3" grabbed $15 million and the #1 spot for the day, while "The Dark Knight" added $12.5 million to its already $350 million, since its release. However, "The Mummy 3" had a drop its second and third day in theaters at the movie box office, while "The Dark Knight" gained on Saturday, and a lot. Enough - at least according to preliminary reports - to make "The Dark Knight" movie box office champ for 3 weekends in a row - with $44 million this weekend - the first movie to do so since last year's "Night At The Museum." "The Mummy 3" saw a weekend movie box office gross of $42.5 million. "Swing Vote," the dreadful Kevin Costner movie was lucky to enter the movie box office fray at #6 this weekend, as it earned just over $6 million. "Midnight Meat Train" doesn't even have a chance at entering the Top 20, though it is the best new movie in release this weekend. The Clive Barker film was released in only 100 theaters, all of them second run, some which charge only $2 per ticket on weekends; it was able to achieve a grand total of only $32,000.
Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office August 1-3, 2008
1 The Dark Knight - $42,800,000 - 4,266 Theaters - $10,267 Per Screen - Gross $393,887,000
2 The Mummy 3 - 3,760 Theaters - $11,289 Per Screen - NEW $40,450,000
3 Step Brothers - $16,300,000 - 3,094 Theaters - $5,268 Per Screen - Gross $62,966,000
4 Mamma Mia: The Movie - $13,121,000 - 3,062 Theaters - $4,285 Per Screen - Gross $87,975,000
5 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - $6,875,000 - 2,285 Theaters - $3,008 Per Screen - Gross $73,140,000
6 Swing Vote - $6,300,000 - 2,213 Theaters - $2,846 Per Screen - NEW $6,300,000
7 Hancock - $5,200,000 - 2,782 Theaters - $1,869 Per Screen - Gross $215,995,000
8 Walle - $4,747,000 - 2,555 Theaters - $1,857 Per Screen - Gross $204,222,000
9 The X-Files 2 - $3,425,000 - 3,185 Theaters - $1,075 Per Screen - Gross $17,060,000
10 Space Chimps - $2,840,000 - 2,134 Theaters - $1,330 Per Screen - Gross $22,091,000
11 Hellboy 2 - $2,527,000 - 1,956 Theaters - $1,291 Per Screen - Gross $71,273,000
12 Wanted - $1,257,000 - 895 Theaters - $1,404 Per Screen - Gross $131,338,000
13 Brideshead Revisited - $1,183,000 - 189 Theaters - $6,259 Per Screen - Gross $1,718,000
14 Get Smart - $1,000,000 - 728 Theaters - $1,373 Per Screen - Gross $126,507,000
15 Kung Fu Panda - $626,363 - 520 Theaters - $1,204 Per Screen - Gross $210,480,901
16 Iron Man - $580,179 - 407 Theaters - $1,425 Per Screen - Gross $315,687,768
17 The Incredible Hulk 2008 - $477,840 - 362 Theaters - $1,320 Per Screen - Gross $133,283,170
18 Tell No One - $460,366 - 94 Theaters - $4,897 Per Screen - Gross $2,305,569
19 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - $400,261 - 450 Theaters - $889 Per Screen - Gross $16,224,319
20 Indiana Jones 4 - $359,349 - 332 Theaters - $1,082 Per Screen - Gross $314,331,661
21 The Chronicles of Narnia 2 - $277,868 - 282 Theaters - $985 Per Screen - Gross $140,693,781
22 Sex and the City: The Movie - $272,187 - 225 Theaters - $1,209 Per Screen - Gross $151,441,438
23 You Don't Mess with the Zohan - $269,321 - 142 Theaters - $1,896 Per Screen - Gross $98,789,023
24 The Wackness - $213,194 - 142 Theaters - $1,501 Per Screen - Gross $1,435,393
25 American Teen - $167,000 - 39 Theaters - $4,282 Per Screen - Gross $242,086
NEW IN LIMITED RELEASE
Frozen River - 7 Theaters - $10,471 Per Screen - NEW $73,300
Midnight Meat Train - 102 Theaters - $313 Per Screen - NEW $32,000
In Search of a Midnight Kiss - 2 Theaters - $7,300 Per Screen - NEW $14,600
Sixty Six - 2 Theaters - $5,700 Per Screen - NEW $11,400
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