Horton Hears A Who Tops The US Box Office

Horton Hears A Who, the Jim Carrey/Steve Carrell animation was a huge hit at the box office this weekend and flew straight to the top of the box office. The film took a respectable $45.1 million and is set to make back it’s $85 million budget in the coming weeks.

Roland Emmerich’s prehistoric adventure, 10,000 B.C., suffered a huge 54% drop from its first week, taking just $16.1 million. The film has earned just $61 million so far.

Never Back Down, the movie with a $25 million budget and a vaguely recognisable cast, done surprisingly well taking the number 3 spot with $8.6 million.

Unfortunately, Doomsday had a bit of a rough ride. One of the new entries, Neil Marshall’s first film since The Descent raked in just $4.7 million.

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Doug Liman’s Jumper Tops US Box Office

Defying it’s poor reviews, Jumper has shot straight to the top of the US box office this weekend. The film, which co-stars Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson had a great opening, taking $33.8 million by Sunday night. This great figure put it way ahead of the second-place film Step Up 2 The Streets, which earned $19.66 million. Read more