Box Office takes a Nap, Disturbia Stays on Top

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 29, 2007

Everyone is waiting for Spider-Man 3. We knew that. But we really didn’t expect that the box office estimates would be terrible this weekend. Then we found out that Next, The Condemned and The Invisible were all throw-away flicks. So while most major releases took a bath on the last weekend before the unofficial start of the summer movie season, the only winner was Disturbia, which maintained its top spot for a third straight week.

Check out the results below:

1. Disturbia - $9.1 million
2. The Invisible - $7.6 million
3. Next - $7.2 million
4. Fracture - $7.1 million
5. Blades of Glory - $5.2 million
6. Meet the Robinsons - $4.8 million
7. Hot Fuzz - $4.7 million
8. Vacancy - $4.2 million
9. The Condemned - $4 million
10. Are We Done Yet? - $3.4 million

[Source: Box Office Mojo]

As expected, things weren’t bright at the box office this weekend, but everyone seems to be holding out for the next few weeks. The only major disappointment this week was that more people didn’t head out and see Hot Fuzz, which dropped 18% despite expanding by 500 screens. Although, in fairness everything dropped this week. On a side note, if you have not seen Hot Fuzz, you should consider yourself a failure at life. If you need reasons to go see it, we’ve got 10 good ones for you.

As for next week, we all know what is going to happen. The question is not whether Spider-Man 3 will top the box office, it is more a question of by how much? We shall see…

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