Less Gold For 'Prince'

Like last week, the top film at the box office, having already brought in less than analysts had predicted on Sunday, when the studio announced its weekend estimate, earned even less than that when the actual ticket-sales figures were finally disclosed on Monday. Although The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was not the unmitigated disaster that Speed Racer was last week, the movie's $55.03 million take was $1.6 million below Sunday's estimate. By contrast, the No. 2 film, Iron Man earned $31.84 million, somewhat more than the $31.20 million that the studio had calculated. Overall, the weekend's top 12 films grossed $125.8 million, 28 percent below last year's $173.6 million for the comparable weekend.

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. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $55,034,805, (New) ); 2. Iron Man, Paramount, $31,838,996, 3 Wks. ($223,124,385); 3. What Happens in Vegas, Fox, $13,883,874, 2 Wks. ($40,341,516); 4. Speed Racer, Warner Bros., $8,117,459, 2 Wks. ($30,284,073); 5. Made of Honor, Sony, $4,702,950, 3 Wks. ($33,903,519); 6. Baby Mama, Universal, $4,680,610, 4 Wks. ($47,343,255); 7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Universal, $2,786,220, 5 Wks. ($55,313,405); 8. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Warner Bros., $1,997,450, 4 Wks. ($34,098,389); 9. The Forbidden Kingdom, Lionsgate, $1,073,856, 5 Wks. ($50,368,985); 10. The Visitor, Overture Films, $672,448, 6 Wks. ($3,388,821).


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