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(US) Box office estimates for May 6-8 weekend
Source: Variety Ridley Scott's epic Kingdom of Heaven led the box office this weekend with $20 million after 20th Century Fox unspooled it at 3,216 theaters. Warner Bros.' slasher House of Wax scooped much of the biz from younger auds, debuting with $12.2 million from 3,111 locations. Also starting this weekend, Lions Gate's high-end pic Crash opened big with $9.1 million from 1,864 venues. The debut helming effort from Paul Haggis tied for third place with last week's champ, Disney's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was down 57% in its second week. Finishing out the top five was Universal's The Interpreter with $7.5 million in its third week. The Nicole Kidman-Sean Penn thriller was down 46% and now has a cume of $54.1 million. | # | Movie Title | Weekend Gross | Total Gross | Wks | | 1. | Kingdom of Heaven | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 1 | | 2. | House of Wax | $12,205,000 | $12,205,000 | 1 | | 3. | The Hitchhiker's Guide... | $9,129,000 | $35,119,000 | 2 | | 4. | Crash | $9,100,000 | $9,100,000 | 1 | | 5. | The Interpreter | $7,500,000 | $54,082,000 | 3 | | 6. | XXX: State of the Union | $5,400,000 | $20,782,000 | 2 | | 7. | The Amityville Horror | $3,150,000 | $60,111,000 | 4 | | 8. | Sahara | $3,100,000 | $61,337,000 | 5 | | 9. | A Lot Like Love | $3,036,000 | $18,792,000 | 3 | | 10. | Fever Pitch | $2,000,000 | $39,021,000 | 5 |
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