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Entertainment: Big Momma gets huge welcome
Moviegoers embraced
a supersize
momma in a wig and a
governess who tames an
unruly brood as familyfriendly
films dominated
the weekend box office.
Twentieth Century Fox’s
Big Momma’s House 2,
with $28 million US in estimated
ticket sales, turned
in the second-best January
opening ever, trailing only
the $35.9 million scored by
the 1997 release of a special
edition of Star Wars,
according to Exhibitor Relations,
which tracks boxoffice
results.
As in the original Big
Momma’s House, Martin
Lawrence layers on the
bulges and dons billowy,
floral-print dresses, along
with a wig. It was followed
by another new release,
Universal Pictures’ Nanny
McPhee starring Emma
Thompson, with $14.1 million
in ticket sales, according
to studio estimates.
“Audiences are obviously
in the mood for some
lighthearted films,” said
Paul Dergarabedian, president
of Exhibitor Relations.
A week after the vampire
thriller Underworld: Evolution
led the pack, the
marketplace is proving
“adaptable to all these
films.”
Underworld: Evolution
tumbled to the third spot,
with $11.1 million in sales,
a 59 per cent decline from
its strong first week.
The fourth spot was
claimed by the new release
Annapolis. The story
of a quick-fisted undergraduate,
shot on location
at the U.S. Naval Academy,
pulled in $7.7 million.
Hoodwinked, an animated
update of the Little
Red Riding Hood story fell
to the fifth spot, off 29 per
cent from the previous
week, with $7.4 million in
sales.
- The Associated Press
Posted on Friday, February 03 @ 00:00:00 UTC by jcohen
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