August 4 - 6, 2006
THTRS = Number of Screens
* Denotes new release.
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| 1. | Talladega Nights:The Ballad of Ricky Bobby * |
| $47,000,000 - Total: $47,000,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 3803 |
| 2. | Barnyard * |
| $16,040,000 - Total: $16,040,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 3311 |
| 3. | Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest |
| $11,011,000 - Total: $379,709,000 | |
| LW: 2 WR: 5 THTRS: 3436 |
| 4. | Miami Vice |
| $9,683,000 - Total: $45,740,000 | |
| LW: 1 WR: 2 THTRS: 3026 |
| 5. | The Descent * |
| $8,800,000 - Total: $8,800,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2095 |
| 6. | John Tucker Must Die |
| $6,050,000 - Total: $28,623,000 | |
| LW: 3 WR: 2 THTRS: 2566 |
| 7. | Monster House |
| $6,000,000 - Total: $56,952,000 | |
| LW: 4 WR: 3 THTRS: 3029 |
| 8. | The Ant Bully |
| $3,900,000 - Total: $18,161,000 | |
| LW: 5 WR: 2 THTRS: 3050 |
| 9. | You, Me and Dupree |
| $3,603,000 - Total: $66,782,000 | |
| LW: 7 WR: 4 THTRS: 2266 |
| 10. | The Night Listener * |
| $3,600,000 - Total: $3,600,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 1367 |
Ricky Bobby raced to the line this weekend with an impressive $47 million finish. Talladega Nights absolutely cleaned house, making nearly three times what number two Barnyard was able to muster. It drew in a lackluster $16 million, earning the second worst opening for an animated film this year. Only Ant Bully has done worse with $8 million.
"Hot Chicks In A Cave", better known as The Descent, came in at number 5 with $8.8 million. It just missed beating out the $9.6 million that Miami Vice earned. Vice slipped back underneath the Curse of the Black Pearl after being the movie to break Pirates of the Caribbean's three week death grip on the box office. Pirates dropped to number 3 this weekend as it strives towards the $400 million mark. Robin Williams' new thriller The Night Listener barely made the top ten with $3.6 million.
Quinceanera had the second highest per-theater sales this weekend. Only showing on 8 screens, it still managed $12,112 per theater, just under Talladega Nights' $12,358.
Hollywood has been playing start date switch up like mad, changing opening dates for various films like crazy. The barrage of openings in August has produced a veritable mine field for any new movie, leaving studios desperate to try and find a place in the schedule where their films stand a chance of making money. Good luck.
Next week four more movies get wide releases. Wednesday will see Oliver Stone's attempt at a 9/11 film World Trade Center open. Horror flick Pulse, family super-hero movie Zoom and Channing Tatum eye-candy fest Step Up will join the fray on Friday.
