Marley & Me Rings In New Year At Number One
U.S. Box office earnings for the first weekend of the new year reached $123.2 million — down 28% from the prior weekend ($169.9 million), but up 10% compared to the same weekend a year ago ($112.5 million), Nielsen reported Monday.
Twentieth Century Fox’s “Marley & Me” remained in the top spot for the second weekend running, with earnings of almost $24.3 million between Jan. 2 and 4.
Walt Disney Studios’ “Bedtime Stories” claimed second place, with earnings of $20.5 million, and Paramount’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” rounded out the top three, with an $18.7 million box office draw.
Below are the top 10 Box Office totals for the weekend of January 2-4, 2009, according to Nielsen EDI.
| Rank (By Weekend Gross) |
Title | Studio | Weekend Gross (1/2 – 1/4) |
Total Gross (Through 1/4/09) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARLEY & ME | TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX | $24,263,763 | $106,664,046 |
| 2 | BEDTIME STORIES | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS | $20,501,339 | $85,539,168 |
| 3 | THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON | PARAMOUNT | $18,691,248 | $79,297,086 |
| 4 | VALKYRIE | MGM STUDIOS | $14,094,617 | $60,743,921 |
| 5 | YES MAN | WARNER BROS. | $13,910,477 | $79,507,388 |
| 6 | SEVEN POUNDS | SONY PICTURES | $10,068,518 | $60,147,298 |
| 7 | THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX | UNIVERSAL | $6,939,295 | $43,661,775 |
| 8 | THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL | TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX | $5,049,698 | $74,424,256 |
| 9 | DOUBT | MIRAMAX | $5,000,893 | $18,705,481 |
| 10 | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE | FOX SEARCHLIGHT | $4,690,769 | $28,676,598 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (January 2 – 4, 2009). |
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