Matt, Kate take movie Gold
2008-02-11 12:58
Los Angeles - In their second
on-screen pairing, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson returned
to the top of the North American box office on Sunday with the
adventure comedy Fool's Gold.
The movie earned $22m for the three days beginning
On Friday, according to estimates issued by its distributor,
Warner Bros Pictures.
The Time Warner Inc <TWX.N>-owned studio
said the tally exceeded its expectations by $3m to $4m.
McConaughey and Hudson topped the charts exactly five years
ago with the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,
which kicked off with $23.8m; it finished with $106m.
This time, McConaughey plays a bounty hunter who reunites
with his estranged wife (Hudson) to search for sunken treasure
in the Caribbean.
Critics almost unanimously lambasted the
film. Warner Bros. said older women were the primary audience.
Also new, at No 2, was the Martin Lawrence comedy Welcome
Home Roscoe Jenkins, with $17.1m.
Lawrence plays a
self-help guru who must suffer a family reunion. Critics were
similarly pained.
'Tween' concert film
The film was released by Universal Pictures,
a unit of General Electric Co's <GE.N> NBC Universal.
Last week's champion, the "tween" concert film Hannah
Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, slipped to
No 3 with $10.5m.
The 10-day tally for the Walt Disney
Co <DIS.N> release rose to $53.4m.
The Jessica Alba horror remake The Eye fell two spots to
No. 4, also in its second week with $6.6 million; its tally
stands at $21.5m.
It was released by Lionsgate, a unit
of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp <LGF.N>.
Two films tied at No 5 with $5.7m each: the
Oscar-nominated smash Juno and the romantic comedy 27
Dresses.
Fox Searchlight's Juno, which received four
nominations including best actress for Ellen Page, has earned
$117.6m after 10 weeks.
Oscar nominee
Twentieth Century Fox's
Katherine Heigl vehicle 27 Dresses has stitched up $65.4m after four weeks. Both studios are units of News Corp
<NWSa.N>.
The only other Oscar nominee in the top 10, There Will Be
Blood, shared the No 8 spot with Lionsgate's Rambo and
Fox's Meet the Spartans.
Each reported about $4.1m.
There Will Be Blood, which received eight nominations,
has earned $26.8m since opening in limited release on
December 26.
It inched past Boogie Nights to become director Paul
Thomas Anderson's top movie, said Paramount Vantage, the Viacom
Inc <VIAb.N> unit that released Blood in partnership with
Disney's Miramax Films.