Weekend Box Office: Going to the 'Museum' still isn't boring yet.

[The Clown Prince]

The first weekend of the new year saw not too bad of business. For the third straight weekend in a row Night at the Museum was the number one movie earning another $24 million and bringing it's total to $164 million.

In second place was The Pursuit of Happyness with $13 million and a $124.1 million total.

Opening wide in theaters after a short limited run was Children of Men which was in 1,209 theaters. It earned $10.2 million and a $11.9 million total.

Opening in fourth place was Freedom Writers with $9.7 million.

And rounding out the top 5 is Dreamgirls with $8.8 million and a $54.4 million total.

Also opening this weekend in sixth place was the animated film Happily N'Ever After with $6.8 million in 2,381 theaters.

And opening as well way down in eleventh place was Code Name: The Cleaner with $4.6 million in 1,736 theaters.

Out of the top 12 this weekend is The Holiday (13th), Happy Feet (14th) which leaves with $185 million. Blood Diamond (15th), and Casino Royale (16th).

Opening next weekend are four new movies. First up is the horror film Primeval (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13453) (rated R) with Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, and Jurgen Prochnow.

Next is Alpha Dog (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=7069) (rated R) starring Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, and Bruce Willis.

Then we have the animated film Arthur and the Invisibles (http://comingsoon.net/films.php?id=9426) (rated PG) starring the voices of Robert De Niro, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Freddie Highmore, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Anderson, Chazz Palminteri, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Fallon, and Mia Farrow.

And finally we have Stomp the Yard (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13324) (rated PG-13) with Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo (Shaffer Smith), Darrin Henson, Brian White, Laz Alonso, Valarie Pettiford, Harry Lennix, and Chris Brown.

Here are your numbers...


1) Night at the Museum- $24,000,000 ($164,097,000)
2) The Pursuit of Happyness- $13,000,000 ($124,159,000)
3) Children of Men- $10,295,000 ($11,902,000)
4) Freedom Writers- $9,705,000 ($9,705,000) NEW!
5) Dreamgirls- $8,825,000 $54,484,000
6) Happily N'Ever After-$6,800,000 ($6,800,000) NEW!
7) Charlotte's Web- $6,610,000 ($66,975,000)
8) The Good Shepherd- $6,536,000 ($48,434,000)
9) Rocky Balboa- $6,268,000 ($60,892,000)
10) We Are Marshall- $5,135,000 ($35,425,000)
11) Code Name: The Cleaner- $4,625,000 ($4,625,000) NEW!
12) Eragon- $4,600,000 ($66,833,000)

The Clown Prince

[Tay the Cat]

Arthur and the Invisibles gets a wide release next week after finishing a 1-week run in LA in December (solely to make it Oscar-eligible).

[Lonestarr]

I'm really looking forward to Alpha Dog.

[Sandoz]

Children of Men is excellent; I hope it continues to garner attention.

[The Clown Prince]

Arthur and the Invisibles gets a wide release next week after finishing a 1-week run in LA in December (solely to make it Oscar-eligible).

Thanks for catching the miss. I went a head and added it. Though I do have a question. Comingsoon.net, BoxOfficeMojo, and RottenTomatoes all have it's rating being Not Rated or Unrated. Does it really not have a rating?

The Clown Prince

[Tay the Cat]

According to arthur-movie.com, it's rated PG.

[Lord Dalek]

Children of Men is excellent; I hope it continues to garner attention.Well the Acadamy has been favoring dark horses these past few years.

[ManicWebb]

Cedric the Entertainer is a funny man... who needs to stop making crappy movies. He seems to be on a flopping streak.

[Tay the Cat]

Word is that Arthur and the Invisibles will not be eligible for Oscar consideration, due to the animation amounting to less than a quarter of its running time.
You mean to say that it took them FIVE YEARS just to do as little as they did? WOW.

Even if it's not eligible for the animation category it should theoretically be nominated for something else. I mean, the Academy seems to like the movie, so.. yeah.

EDIT: I just read that Arthur was indeed disqualified due to the live action thing. Which is strange because Stuart Little 2 (although not nominated) did qualify, and it has much more live action.

[Tay the Cat]

Well, I haven't trusted a critic in forever, and I'm sticking with it. It looked great the first time I saw the trailer. Now that I've seen the making-of, it looks even better.

[Hades]

Arthur and the Invisibles look very uninteresting.

[Tay the Cat]

Arthur and the Invisibles look very uninteresting.
I dunno... it might be just the kid in me, but I think it has the potential to be better than Harry Potter.

Key word: potential.

[Baltofan]

Arthur and the Invibles and Happily'N'Ever after are real low on the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Lord Dalek]

Poor Luc Besson, I guess he should have spent the last seven years trying to give us a Fifth Element sequal instead of Arthur and the Invisibles.

[Sharklady]

> Word is that Arthur and the Invisibles will not be eligible for Oscar consideration, due to the animation amounting to less than a quarter of its running time. <

I doubt it would have been nominated anyway- 2007 was a better-than-average year for Best Animated Oscar contenders.