The pseudo-summer kick-off started well with Sin City proudly raking in an envy-provoking estimated $28.1 million, as viewers lusting for harder edged fare stirred from their sloth and gorged themselves on the critically acclaimed but gory film. Greedily opening on 3,200+ theaters, the film sucked up an estimated $8,700 per venue, presumably at the expense of irate competitors.
Queen Latifah’s Beauty Shop, a spin-off of the popular Barbershop movies, refused to curl up and dye as it reaped a stylish $13.5 million weekend total, for an aggregate $17.5 since its mid-week opening. A heavy drop-off may be the color of the day in a market heavy with comedies, although home video profits seem assured.
Guess Who dropped in the box office race to number three with a $13 million take, dropping an comparatively low 37% in its second week of business to reach a total of around $41 million.
Animation nuts helped Robots bolt over the $100 million mark this weekend, thanks to a $10 million take. That represents an impressively meager 23% slide from last weekend, so the film still evinces strong telescoping legs.
Miss Congenty 2 was investigated by a small audience for a charge of only $8.4 million, for an 11 total of $31 million. Look for this to make about half of what the original did.
Among the remaining top ten films, The Pacifier continues to lumber towards a $100 million take, earning $6 million for a $96 total. Ring 2 scared up roughly $5.8 million, and seems likely to reap a frightening but not terrifying $75-80 million when all is said and done. Kevin Costner’s The Upside of Anger isn’t boiling any box office blood, with a marginal platform release expansion drawing $4 million for a total approaching $9 million. Will Smith’s Hitch reigned in another $3 million, pushing its domestic total north of $170 million and its worldwide take past the $300 million mark. Finally, The Ice Princess drew a chilly $2.6 million, and with a $18.6 million total looks to hang up its skates south of $25.
