Rank
Title
Weekend
Gross
Cumulative
Gross
Weeks in
Release
1
$31,185,000
$127,473,000
2
2
 Wild Hogs
$18,825,000
$103,993,000
3
3
 Premonition
$18,000,000
$18,000,000
1
4
 Dead Silence
$7,771,000
$7,771,000
1
5
I Think I Love My Wife
$5,715,000
$5,715,000
1
6
 Bridge to Terabithia
$5,141,000
$74,917,000
5
7
 Ghost Rider
$4,000,000
$110,202,000
5
8
$3,073,000
$28,923,000
3
9
 Norbit
$2,722,000
$92,394,000
6
10
 Music and Lyrics
$2,200,000
$47,377,000
 5


So 300 cleaned cinematic clocks again this weekend, despite losing over half its original audience. Ok, great- but let me tell you why the drop from $70 million to $31 million doesn’t matter: A) 300 had enough strength that people were seeing the movie all week long, B) a $70 million opening in March speaks for itself, rendering the sophomore weekend numbers pretty much moot C) the movie is all over the AP, editorial pages and therefore pretty much everywhere and D) 300 has sprinted to $127 million (in the US alone) in a little over a week- something it took Troy a whole theatrical run to make and something I Think I Love My Wife will never, ever, ever do. (I’m hesitant to even lump 300 up against Troy, considering it’s such a hyperactive and fantastical take on the genre that in spirit it really begs to be positioned alongside Sin City* instead). And while there’s a ton that can be said about 300, I won’t repeat it, since Devin has fantastically summarized it all in these two articles here and here.

As for the rest of the contenders, Wild Hogs has been making buzz of its own thanks to all its homoerotic (or homophobic, depending on which side of the fence you’re on) gags. The movie I didn’t think would scarcely make a blip jumped into the $100 million club this weekend, all but assuring a Wild Hogs 2, which will flop (I’m going on record, here), as so many movies that have nowhere to go yet chase a sequel always do.

The other new wide releases of the week, Sandra Bullocks’ Premonition (whose poster has inexplicably inspired my hate), terrible looking puppets attack joint Dead Silence and I Think I Love My Wife fell into spots 3, 4 and 5. Note to Chris Rock- you’re good man, but your movies aren’t. Not even Oprah could help you out this weekend. Give up the quest for leading roles and stick to supporting stuff/making funny TV shows like Everybody Hates Chris.

Bridge to Terabithia stuck it out as number 6 in the top ten in its fifth week of release, followed by Ghost Rider. Unloved Zodiac fell to number 8 and soon-to-hit $100 million Norbit smothered number 9. Music and Lyrics, after a pretty decent run, closes out the top ten.

Next weekend hosts an eclectic and oversaturated onslaught of six wide releases that’s sure to shake the chart out, including the hillbilly rape/political statement The Hills Have Eyes 2, White men don’t like black swimmers tale Pride, family fantasy The Last Mimzy, Sandler/Cheadle serious-fest Reign Over Me, Walberg Sniper story Shooter and revamped CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That’s a lot of movies banging into eachother– someone is bound to get hurt.

* Still, Sin City didn’t even hit the millennial mark in its US run.