"Hulk" Does Incredible Box Office

LOS ANGELES — "The Incredible Hulk" pulled his weight at the box office, debuting as the top weekend movie with $55.4 million.

The weekend's other new wide release, the fright flick "The Happening," opened a solid No. 3 with $30.5 million.

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

1. "The Incredible Hulk," Universal, $55,414,050, 3,505 locations, $15,810 average, $55,414,050, one week.

2. "Kung Fu Panda," Paramount, $33,612,594, 4,136 locations, $8,127 average, $117,289,932, two weeks.

3. "The Happening," Fox, $30,517,109, 2,986 locations, $10,220 average, $30,517,109, one week.

4. "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," Sony, $16,370,344, 3,466 locations, $4,723 average, $68,760,685, two weeks.

5. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," Paramount, $14,741,834, 3,804 locations, $3,875 average, $276,524,265, four weeks.

6. "Sex and the City," Warner Bros., $9,788,353, 3,155 locations, $3,102 average, $119,522,016, three weeks.

7. "Iron Man," Paramount, $5,620,375, 2,403 locations, $2,339 average, $297,918,329, seven weeks.

8. "The Strangers," Universal, $4,024,485, 2,410 locations, $1,670 average, $45,287,220, three weeks.

9. "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," Disney, $3,165,013, 2,308 locations, $1,371 average, $131,904,474, five weeks.

10. "What Happens in Vegas," Fox, $1,667,587, 1,422 locations, $1,173 average, $75,755,145, six weeks.

11. "Baby Mama," Universal, $441,685, 453 locations, $975 average, $58,797,040, eight weeks.

12. "The Visitor," Overture Films, $420,928, 254 locations, $1,657 average, $6,621,330, 10 weeks.

13. "Made of Honor," Sony, $303,434, 357 locations, $850 average, $45,400,892, seven weeks.

14. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Universal, $287,625, 306 locations, $940 average, $62,106,520, nine weeks.

15. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!," Fox, $188,736, 294 locations, $642 average, $153,355,932, 14 weeks.

16. "Speed Racer," Warner Bros., $183,385, 260 locations, $705 average, $42,504,512, six weeks.

17. "Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure," National Geographic, $168,794, 48 locations, $3,517 average, $14,218,128, 37 weeks.

18. "Nim's Island," Fox, $165,442, 277 locations, $597 average, $46,694,283, 11 weeks.

19. "The Fall," Roadside Attractions, $152,713, 84 locations, $1,818 average, $1,364,206, six weeks.

20. "Then She Found Me," ThinkFilm, $140,762, 119 locations, $1,183 average, $3,020,648, eight weeks.

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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.

Comments

[ugmold]

Another movie for Brain Dead America

[mulegino]

HELP WANTED! HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS BADLY NEEDED!

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Lack of creative ability, aesthetic sense, innovation, or imagination, or any sense of historical, political, or social relevance. Must be completely imitative and derivative.

POSITIONS OPEN IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:

COMEDY:

Applicant must have no sense of irony, wit, or satire. Lack of foregoing qualities to be supplemented by gags having to do with bodily [preferably gastrointestinal] functions, explicit references to genitalia [preferably female], and cheap, acrobatic slapstick stunts. For family comedies, applicant may feel free to replace genitalia references with fart jokes.

ACTION:

Applicant must be willing to have protagonist dodge sparking machine gun bullets while running atop a steel beam. No scene must be longer than five minutes, and must be accompanied by cut and paste stunts such as protagonist running hand in hand in slow motion with love interest, jumping at the last moment to avoid being injured by exploding building, helicopter, or vehicle. Fireballs a must! Must assure that female protagonist must be able to somersault and high kick at least 10 members of antagonist's evil minions.

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[aristippe]

Love it!

[ibivi]

Who do they make movies for these days? Twelve year old boys.
They're critic proof and don't care about the things you note.
Studios are happy to pump out the dreck they do because they know who their audience is and they make lots of money. So artistic merit has nothing to do with it.

[ptillen]

I'm giggling about the juxtaposition of Hulk and Heather Mills on the Entertainment page- they're both making the same face.

[ming099]

...........but The Hulk is more attractive.......dont you think?

[ptillen]

Yes, and a more pleasant personality, I understand.

[NYC80]

it was a pretty good movie of course better than the ang lee piece of $###

[SexayObama]

I haven't had a chance to see it yet, but I heard it was amazing, and they're really working hard to develop the entire series . . . I can't wait to check it out. I guess I have to stop being so distracted with Digitalfuntown.com and make a point of going to see it. Digitalfuntown is pretty funny though . . . It's gonna be hard ;-((

[aristippe]

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