Although a few box office analysts had predicted that The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian would gross as much as $100 million over the weekend and the general
prediction was that it would do about $70-80 million, the film fell far short of
those predictions. According to studio estimates, it opened with $56.6 million. It was
the second week in a row that a big-budget film had failed to fulfill expectations
-- although Prince Caspian did not match the disastrous performance of last
week's Speed Racer, which opened with just $18.6 million. That film sold only $7.6
million in its second week and dropped to fourth place. Iron Man, which had
held the top spot for the previous two weeks, dropped to second place with $31.2
million, as it crossed the $200-million mark to finish the weekend with $222.5 million.
What Happens in Vegas slipped to third place with $13.9 million, to bring
its domestic total to $40.3 million.
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media
by Numbers:
1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $56.6 million;
2. Iron Man, $31.2 million; 3. What Happens in Vegas, $13.9 million;
4. Speed Racer, $7.6 million; 5. Baby Mama, $4.6 million; 6. Made
of Honor, $4.5 million; 7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $2.5 million; 8.
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay, $1.8 million; 9. The
Forbidden Kingdom, $1 million; 10. The Visitor, $687,000.
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