Jim Carrey and ‘Yes Man’ claim the top spot in the Weekend Box Office race. Read the rest of the story and see the top 10, as well as photos and videos from the top movies below.
Jim Carrey wins with Yes Man
Jim Carrey’s new movie ‘Yes Man’ was able to take the number one spot in a sluggish weekend at the box office. The bad winter storms across the country limited box office sales, and ‘Yes Man’ made only $18.2 million over the weekend. While grabbing the top spot is always wonderful, the figure was disappointing given Jim Carrey’s previous winners netted $68 million (Bruce Almighty) and $31 million (Liar Liar).
The sluggish sales of ‘Yes Man’ was enough to beat out Will Smith’s new movie ‘Seven Pounds’, which brought in $16 million. This put a stop to Will Smith’s record of eight consecutive number one movies.
Last week’s winner, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ dropped nearly 70% of its audience this weekend, leaving it at #4. New animated movie ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ came in 3rd with a decent $10.5 million. ‘Four Christmases’ continues to hang around, taking in $7.7 million and crossing the $100 million mark for total box office sales. ‘Quantum Solace’ looks like it might not surpass ‘Casino Royale’ for the biggest grossing Bond film of all time, despite making $27 million more in it’s opening weekend.
The Weekend Box Office Top 10 for December 19-21, 2008:
1. Yes Man - $18.2 million (new)
2. Seven Pounds - $16 million (new)
3. The Tale of Despereaux - $10.5 million (new)
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still - $10 million, $48.6 million total
5. Four Christmases - $7.7 million, $100.1 million total
6. Twilight - $5.2 million, $158.4 million total
7. Bolt - $4.2 million, $95 million total
8. Slumdog Millionaire - $3 million, $12.1 million total
9. Australia - $2.3 million, $41.9 million
10. Quantum of Solace - $2.1 million, $161.3 million total
More photos and a video of the top 5 movies are below.
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