WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, AUGUST 8-10, 2008 Rank. Movie Title (Distributor) Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #
1. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) $26.0 million | 4,025 | $441.5 million | 4
2. Pineapple Express (Sony / Columbia) $22.4 million | 3,072 | $40.5 million | 1
3. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) $16.1 million | 3,778 | $70.7 million | 2
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.) $10.8 million | 2,707 | $19.7 million | 1
5. Step Brothers (Sony / Columbia) $8.9 million | 3,182 | $80.9 million | 3
The Dark Knight did it again, barely holding off The Pineapple Express, the first pot action movie that I can think of. If Sony had kept the original release date for Pineapple (which was Friday), my hunch is that it would have topped Batman, considering Pineapple made $18 million on Wednesday and Thursday. The reign will end for Batman with Tropic Thunder. Five weeks at the top. Third all-time at the box office. So far, so good and well deserved. It should be able to get by Star Wars and sit at number two when it's all said and done.
Most consecutive weeks at Number one ... 1 Titanic - 15 2 Beverly Hills Cop - 13 3 Tootsie - 13 4 Home Alone - 12 5 Crocodile Dundee - 9
All Time Domestic Box Office Results as of 8/10/08 ... 1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 1997 2 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977 3 The Dark Knight WB $441,541,000 2008 4 Shrek 2 DW $441,226,247 2004 5 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982 6 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $431,088,301 1999 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $423,315,812 2006 8 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2002 9 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $380,270,577 2005 10 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $377,027,325 2003
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)