Four years after the successful series ended, the “Sex And
The City: The Movie” has still managed to attract the moviegoers. According to
the estimates released by BoxOfficeMojo, the movie earned the first spot on
Friday’s box office with $26,100,000.
Starting off in present times, not where it left off four
years ago, the movie finds Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her three gal
pals, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Charlotte (Kristin
Davis) at crossroads.
Carrie is engaged to Mr. Big and planning a major New York wedding. Miranda is trying to work
out a balance between her family life and career. Samantha relocated to Los Angeles to be with Smith, her boy toy, who became a TV
star in the meantime, while Charlotte
is happily married to Harry and the mother of their adopted daughter Lily.
The "Sex and the City" movie had a $65 million
budget and is written and directed by Michael Patrick King. It runs 135 minutes
and is distributed by New Line Cinema and HBO Films.
In its second weekend, Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” has gained the second spot on Friday, with $12,250,000.
Released in the US, “Indiana Jones and Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull” bears very close resemblance to what made its “forebears” so
popular and successful. It is still set in the past, in a Nevada of 1957, it still appears to have
that ineffable old fashioned style that is so simple and in the same time, so
unseen before, which becomes exquisite.
The intrigue of the movie is the eponymous crystal skull, an
artifact believed to have been left by aliens in some of their first incursions
on the Earth. So far, the movie earned $183,131,000 in the U.S. in nine
days since its official release.
“The Strangers”, Bryan Bertino’s horror movie, has
opened on the third spot with $7,535,000
The movie, starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman,
tells the story of a couple, Kristen and James, who is heading to the vacation
home of James’ family, located deep into the dark, scary woods. They seem to
take the trip in order to refresh or repair their relationship. Once they
arrive at the house, they have to put on hold their one on one quality time, as
three masked killers, including a woman, begin to hunt them down.
One month after its debut, “Iron Man” is still an attraction
for the moviegoers and it ranked fourth with $3,725,000.
Enjoying many favorable reviews, the movie boosted the
career of Robert Downey Jr., who plays the role of Tony Stark, a billionaire
weapons manufacturer who turns himself into a superhero, after being kidnapped
by terrorists in Afghanistan.
The movie earned $266,350,000 in 29 days.
“The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian” earned the fifth
spot in this Friday box office. Like the prior film The Chronicles of
Narnia, “Prince Caspian” was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media.
“What Happens in Vegas,” starring Cameron Diaz, Ashton
Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake
Bell
and Dennis Farina, had another good Friday with $2,200,000 in ticket sales.
The Friday’s Top 10 was rounded up by “Baby Mama” with $715,000,
“Made Of Honor” with $635,000, “Speed Racer” with $500,000 and “Forgetting
Sarah Marshall” with $310,000.
