Seinfeld's movie gets top spot
2007-11-11 20:26
Los Angeles - Jerry Seinfeld's Bee
Movie had plenty of sting left during its second weekend,
replacing American Gangster as the No 1 choice for North
American moviegoers.
According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc production earned $26m
during the three days beginning on Friday, swapping places with
Universal Pictures' crime saga American Gangster, which
slipped to No 2 with $24.3m.
The holiday comedy Fred Claus, which some industry
pundits said could have a shot at No 1, came in at No 3 with
a respectable $19.2m. The Warner Bros release stars
Vince Vaughn as Santa's bitter older brother.
Tom Cruise's rare foray into low-budget drama, Lions for
Lambs opened at No 4 with $6.7m, which was in line
with modest industry expectations.
Meryl Streep co-stars in the
critically maligned political saga, as does Robert Redford, who
also directed.
It marks the first United Artists release since
Cruise and production partner Paula Wagner took control of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc's dormant art-house division a year
ago.
The only other new release in the top 10 was the indie
woman-in-distress thriller P2, which came in at No 8 with
$2.2m. Rachel Nichols stars as a young executive pursued
in an underground garage by a sadistic security guard.
Bee Movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit
of Viacom Inc. Universal Pictures is a unit of General Electric
Co and Warner Bros. Pictures is a unit of Time Warner Inc. P2 was released by Summit Entertainment, which is privately held.
MGM is also privately held.