"Stomp the Yard" tops North American Box Office
Sony's dance movie "Stomp the Yard" was at the top of the North American box office again this weekend with 13.3 million U.S. dollars in ticket sales, edging out Ben Stiller's "Night at the Museum," according to preliminary figures released here Sunday.
The Stiller comedy, which took in an estimated 13 million dollars, surpassed "Superman Returns" to become the fifth top grossing film of 2006, said box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
The movie, the top earner for three weekends in a row, has grossed an estimated 205.8 million dollars since its debut five weeks ago, according to Media by Numbers, another Los Angeles-based box office tracker.
"Dreamgirls," starring Golden Globe winners Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, came in third with an estimated 8.7 million dollars, while the horror flick "The Hitcher" debuted in fourth place with about 8.2 million dollars in gross receipts.
In fifth place was "The Pursuit of Happiness," starring Will Smith as a struggling father who remakes himself as a stock broker, with 6.7 million dollars in ticket sales.
Meanwhile, other film that won awards at the Golden Globe Awards last week, including Paramount Vantage's "Babel" and the Miramax drama "The Queen," jumped into the top 12 films group over the weekend, while "Pan's Labyrinth," directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, was at No. 7 with 4.7 million dollars.
The Spanish-language fairy tale film set in 1940s' Spain is one of the nine films vying for five slots in Academy Awards' best foreign-language picture category on Tuesday, when Oscar nominations are announced in Beverly Hills.
The 12 top-earning films grossed an estimated 76 m.
The Stiller comedy, which took in an estimated 13 million dollars, surpassed "Superman Returns" to become the fifth top grossing film of 2006, said box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
The movie, the top earner for three weekends in a row, has grossed an estimated 205.8 million dollars since its debut five weeks ago, according to Media by Numbers, another Los Angeles-based box office tracker.
"Dreamgirls," starring Golden Globe winners Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, came in third with an estimated 8.7 million dollars, while the horror flick "The Hitcher" debuted in fourth place with about 8.2 million dollars in gross receipts.
In fifth place was "The Pursuit of Happiness," starring Will Smith as a struggling father who remakes himself as a stock broker, with 6.7 million dollars in ticket sales.
Meanwhile, other film that won awards at the Golden Globe Awards last week, including Paramount Vantage's "Babel" and the Miramax drama "The Queen," jumped into the top 12 films group over the weekend, while "Pan's Labyrinth," directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, was at No. 7 with 4.7 million dollars.
The Spanish-language fairy tale film set in 1940s' Spain is one of the nine films vying for five slots in Academy Awards' best foreign-language picture category on Tuesday, when Oscar nominations are announced in Beverly Hills.
The 12 top-earning films grossed an estimated 76 m.
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