Weekend Box-Office 05/03 - 05/05

[Film Hobbit]

United States Weekend Box-Office Results:

1. Spider-Man, $114 million
2. The Scorpion King, $9.6 million
3. Changing Lanes, $5.6 million
4. Murder by Numbers, $3.7 million
5. The Rookie, $3.3 million
6. Life, or Something Like It, $3.2 million
7. Deuces Wild, $2.7 million
8. Ice Age, $2.5 million
9. Jason X, $2.4 million
10. Hollywood Ending, $2.2 million


Spider-Man broke every prediction and pretty much EVERY record pulling in $114 million dollars in a three day period. Spidey broke the previous opening-weekend record, easily surpassing the $90.2 million pulled in last November by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Saturday's $43.7 million dollar intake is now the single biggest one day gross EVER. Spider-Man also became the fastest film ever to reach 100 million easily surpassing previous title holders, Harry Potter and Star Wars Episode I. Spider-Man accounted for 74.4 % of the take taken in by ALL the top 12 movies playing in America.

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UK Box Office Top 5

1. About a Boy
2. Panic Room
3. Bend it Like Beckham
4. The Scorpion King
5. Showtime



Amazingly Hugh Grant's comedy About A Boy has managed to hold off Panic Room to retain the top spot for a second week.

Considering the lack of real advertising over here apart from the odd TV trailer, Showtime makes a respectable 5th.