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Weekend B.O. - 'Kingdom' Rules
Posted by Michael Avila on 04/21/08 at 11:39 AM


Jackie Chan and Jet Li's historic, first-ever onscreen teamup paid off with a $20.9 million haul. Looks like audiences were looking for a little action excitement at the movies this weekend, which explains why the Chan/Li duo beat out Judd Apatow's comedy gang vacation "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" for the top spot.

At first glance, you would think Apatow's recent slump continues, but "FSM" did a solid $17.3M, and its per-screen average of $6,200 was second only to "Kingdom's" $6,623 return. Considering none of the leads are stars, I imagine Universal Pictures (who like REEL TALK, are part of NBC Universal) is thrilled with this debut. If it's like other well-reviewed Apatow comedies, it'll stick around awhile.

The rest of the Top Five finds holdover "Prom Night" in third with $9.1M ($32M total), Al Pacino's horribly-reviewed "88 Minutes" in fourth with a paltry $6.8M, and "Nim's Island" with a sturdy $5.6M ($32.8M total).


  
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