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Fred Turd on
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 to
Movie Madness
The family comedy-drama Marley & Me remains No. 1 at the box office for the second straight weekend with $24.1 million in ticket sales. The movie has pulled in $106.5 million since opening Christmas day .
With no new wide releases, the weekend is shaping up like the previous one, with the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories in second place with $20.3 million.
Rounding out the top five again are Brad Pitt’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jim Carrey’s Yes Man and Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie.
Here’s this weekend’s Top 12, courtesy of Yahoo.com -
Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Jan 2 - 4 weekend
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross |
Rlse Wks |
# of Theaters |
|
| 1 | 1 | Marley & Me | $24,050,000 | $106,510,000 | 2 | 3505 | |
| 2 | 2 | Bedtime Stories | $20,317,000 | $85,351,000 | 2 | 3684 | |
| 3 | 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $18,400,000 | $79,011,000 | 2 | 2988 | |
| 4 | 4 | Valkyrie | $14,042,000 | $60,692,000 | 2 | 2778 | |
| 5 | 5 | Yes Man | $13,850,000 | $79,413,000 | 3 | 3434 | |
| 6 | 6 | Seven Pounds | $10,000,000 | $60,038,000 | 3 | 2758 | |
| 7 | 7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $7,020,000 | $43,742,000 | 3 | 3091 | |
| 8 | 10 | Doubt | $5,031,000 | $18,730,000 | 4 | 1287 | |
| 9 | 8 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $4,850,000 | $74,299,000 | 4 | 2337 | |
| 10 | 13 | Slumdog Millionaire | $4,770,000 | $28,779,000 | 8 | 612 | |
| 11 | 12 | Twilight | $4,530,000 | $176,815,000 | 7 | 1888 | |
| 12 | 14 | Bolt | $3,271,000 | $109,897,000 | 7 | 1729 |
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