|
Rank
|
Title
|
Weekend
Gross |
Cumulative
Gross |
Weeks in Release
|
|
1
|
Talladega Nights |
$23,000,000
|
$91,200,000
|
2
|
|
2
|
Step Up |
$21,000,000
|
$21,000,000
|
1
|
|
3
|
World Trade Center |
$19,000,000
|
$26,800,000
|
1
|
|
4
|
Barnyard |
$10,000,000
|
$34,000,000
|
2
|
|
5
|
Pulse |
$8,400,000
|
$8,400,000
|
1
|
|
6
|
$7,200,000
|
$392,400,000
|
6
|
|
|
7
|
The Descent |
$4,600,000
|
$17,500,000
|
2
|
|
8
|
Zoom |
$4,600,000
|
$4,600,000
|
1
|
|
9
|
$4,500,000
|
$55,100,000
|
3
|
|
|
10
|
Monster House |
$3,300,000
|
$63,600,000
|
4
|
Reinforcing William Goldman’s Hollywood theory that "Nobody knows anything", the critically impaired dance movie Step Up trotted up the chart, just a foxtrot behind Will Ferrell’s racing comedy Talladega Nights. Oliver Stone’s 9/11 drama/re-enactment World Trade Center might not be "too soon", but it’s also not "too successful".
As Johnny Depp and his high seas escapades inch ever closer to $400 million, the long-delayed horror flick Pulse and Tim Allen’s non-comeback Zoom struggle to be seen. Barnyard continues to exist in polygonal stasis, and The Descent keeps a few people creeped out in the caves.
Next weekend brings the movie we’ve theoretically all been awaiting: Snakes on a Plane. Other possibilities include the magician flick The Illusionist, the college comedy Accepted, and the double-Duff Material Girls.