Kung Fu Panda Tops Movie Charts In Opening Weekend
Jack Black’s “Kung Fu Panda” outgunned Adam Sandler’s “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” in the opening weekend for both movies.
“Kung Fu Panda” pulled in $60 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend’s No. 1 movie, while Sandler’s salon romp “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” opened in second place with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The movies combined to carry Hollywood to a big weekend. The top 12 films took in $172.4 million, up 32 percent from the same weekend last year when “Ocean’s Thirteen” led with a $36.1 million opening.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Panda” and Sony’s “Zohan” bumped off the previous weekend’s leader, the Warner Bros. chick flick “Sex and the City,” which slipped to fourth place with $21.3 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC:
1. “Kung Fu Panda,” $60 million.
2. “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” $40 million.
3. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” $22.8 million.
4. “Sex and the City,” $21.3 million.
5. “The Strangers,” $9.3 million.
6. “Iron Man,” $7.5 million.
7. “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” $5.5 million.
8. “What Happens in Vegas,” $3.4 million.
9. “Baby Mama,” $780,000
10. “Made Of Honor,” $775,000.
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