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ENCHANTED CHARMS BOX OFFICE
Tuesday, November 27 2007
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A traditional Disney movie that some critics said seemed to have been guided by the spirit of Walt himself became a big hit at the domestic box office over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to final figures released Monday. Enchanted earned $34.4 million over the weekend and $49 million over the five-day holiday period, box office trackers Media By Numbers said. In second place was Sony/Screen Gems's This Christmas, which raked in $17.96 million over the weekend and $26.34 million over the holiday. In fact the movie earned more on a per-theater basis than Enchanted, averaging $9,665 per theater versus $9,233 for the Disney film. Also scoring strongly was the critically praised No Country for Old Men, playing in only 830 theaters. It earned $7.78 million and averaged $9,043 per theater. Last weekend's top film, Beowulf dropped 40 percent to third place with $16.53 million ($23.6 million for the holiday), but saw only a 15-percent drop-off in business at 3-D IMAX houses. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1 Enchanted, Disney, $34,440,317, 1 Wk. ($49,060,281 -- From Wednesday); 2. This Christmas, Sony, $17,958,183, 1 Wk. ($26,341,492 -- From Wednesday); 3. Beowulf, Paramount, $16,538,666, 2 Wks. ($56,633,821); 4. Hitman, 20th Century Fox, $13,180,769, 1 Wk. ($21,094,148 -- From Wednesday); 5. Bee Movie, Paramount, $11,813,502, 4 Wks. ($111,860,810); 6. Fred Claus, Warner Bros., $10,575,400, 3 Wks. ($52,869,835); 7. August Rush, Warner Bros., $9,421,369, 1 Wk. ($13,243,069 -- From Wednesday); 8. American Gangster, Universal, $9,013,925, 4 Wks. ($115,550,290); 9. The Mist, MGM, $8,931,973, 1 Wk. ($12,861,800 -- From Wednesday); 10. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, 20th Century Fox, $7,936,035, 2 Wks. ($22,179,439).
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