As expected, The Dark Knight dominated the box office over the weekend, hauling in a record $155.34 million over three days. The second Christopher Nolan installment of the series had been eagerly anticipated by fans for a number of months prior to its release, and the great reviews coupled with the film’s distinction of being the late actor Heath Ledger’s final completed project drove advanced ticket sales through the roof, prompting many theaters to set up special screenings at unusual times such as 3am or 6am.
Mamma Mia!, a comedy starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth, did very well in its own right, ringing up $27.6 million in receipts to finish a very distant second to The Dark Knight.
The only other new release to crack the Top 10 this week was Space Chimps, which earned a meager $7.4 million for seventh place.
Meanwhile, last weekend’s box office champion, Hellboy II, slipped all the way to No. 4 with just a $10 million take.
Here’s the complete Top 10 for the weekend ending 7/20/08:
- The Dark Knight, $155.34 million
- Mamma Mia!, $27.6 million
- Hancock, $14 million
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, $11.9 million
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army, $10 million
- WALL-E, $9.8 million
- Space Chimps, $7.4 million
- Wanted, $5.1 million
- Get Smart, $4.1 million
- Kung Fu Panda, $1.8 million
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