09 January 2006
WEEKEND MOVIE BOX OFFICE
LOS ANGELES --
Here are the best-selling movies of the week.
The weekend box office was sheer torture as the bloody "Hostel," a tale of buddies who stumble into a den of violent depravity, debuted at No. 1 with $20.1 million.
Lionsgate's "Hostel" bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 film, Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," which came in second with $15.4 million to lift its domestic total to $247.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Estimated ticket sales are in millions of dollars, for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters.
MOVIE TICKET SALES
1 - Hostel $20.1
2 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $15.4
3 - King Kong $12.5
4 - Fun With Dick and Jane $12.2
5 - Cheaper by the Dozen $8.3
6 - Munich $7.5
7 - Memoirs of a Geisha $6
8 - Rumor Has It $5.9
9 - Brokeback Mountain $5.75
10 - The Family Stone $4.6
Estimated sales according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.
Source: Associated Press
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