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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Associated Press: 'Indiana Jones' tops box office on long holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" schooled the competition over the long Memorial Day weekend, as the fourth appearance of Harrison Ford in the role of the adventuring archaeologist raked in nearly $127 million at the North American box office, contributing to an estimated $312 million worldwide.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," Paramount, $126,917,373, 4,260 locations, $29,793 average, $151,958,445 (includes $25 million opening on Thursday), one week.

2. "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," Disney, $29,810,163, 3,929 locations, $7,587 average, $97,855,173, two weeks.

3. "Iron Man," Paramount, $26,111,130, 3,915 locations, $6,670 average, $258,278,546, four weeks.

4. "What Happens in Vegas," Fox, $11,363,713, 3,188 locations, $3,565 average, $56,609,605, three weeks.

5. "Speed Racer," Warner Bros., $5,272,202, 3,112 locations, $1,694 average, $37,481,539, three weeks.

6. "Made of Honor," Sony, $4,240,435, 2,393 locations, $1,772 average, $39,901,734, four weeks.

7. "Baby Mama," Universal, $4,208,105, 2,158 locations, $1,950 average, $53,016,250, five weeks.

8. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Universal, $2,269,775, 1,073 locations, $2,115 average, $58,798,745, six weeks.

9. "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," Warner Bros., $1,163,460, 750 locations, $1,551 average, $36,152,416, five weeks.

10. "The Visitor," Overture Films, $940,037, 270 locations, $3,482 average, $4,591,262, seven weeks.

11. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!," Fox, $625,105, 488 locations, $1,281 average, $152,076,723, 11 weeks.

12. "The Forbidden Kingdom," Lionsgate, $556,015, 487 locations, $1,142 average, $51,358,618, six weeks.

13. "Then She Found Me," ThinkFilm, $503,004, 150 locations, $3,353 average, $2,181,214, five weeks.

14. "Young at Heart," Fox Searchlight, $425,820, 212 locations, $2,009 average, $2,510,297, seven weeks.

15. "Nim's Island," Fox, $397,290, 426 locations, $933 average, $45,794,492, eight weeks.

16. "College Road Trip," Disney, $360,438, 283 locations, $1,274 average, $44,275,094, 12 weeks.

17. "Drillbit Taylor," Paramount, $346,197, 218 locations, $1,588 average, $32,537,768, 10 weeks.

18. "Son of Rambow," Paramount Vantage, $323,617, 152 locations, $2,129 average, $939,530, four weeks.

19. "Prom Night," Sony, $253,294, 287 locations, $883 average, $43,818,159, seven weeks.

20. "Roman De Gare," IDP, $201,142, 35 locations, $5,747 average, $706,277, five weeks.

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