Monday Morning Box Office Report: July 21, 2008

Posted by on July 21st, 2008   Filed under: Box Office
Source: IMDb

Well Bat-mania has struck once again, helping Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight to break the opening weekend record held by Spider-Man 3 as it took in a staggering $155 million in its first few days. Yes, just about everyone and their mother saw the movie over the weekend, which will surely challenge Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4 for top grossing movie of the year. Surprisingly, a few other movies did manage to make a bit of money over the weekend as well, including Mamma Mia! which earned $27 million itself. Hellboy II: The Golden Army had a pretty big drop off in its second week, as both Hancock and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D passed it to hold down the #3 and #4 positions. Space Chimps also managed to make over $7 million in its opening weekend.

1. The Dark Knight — $155M
2. Mamma Mia! — $27.6M
3. Hancock — $14M
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth — $11.9M
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army — $10M
6. WALL·E — $9.81M
7. Space Chimps — $7.35M
8. Wanted — $5.1M
9. Get Smart — $4.08M
10. Kung Fu Panda — $1.75M



  • joe

    For some reason, I wasn’t in the mood to see Batman this weekend. I feel a little comic movie’d out, even if it’s a really good one.

  • I have friends in Chicago who weren’t even able to get tickets to see the Dark Knight all weekend because it was sold out even in regular theaters. I think that’s a good sign it’s going to keep on breaking box-office records thru next week.

  • swarez

    After I saw Hellboy 2 I understood the big drop. It pretty much blew.
    I was so disappointed.