Box Office: Hulk smashes Happening

THE INCREDIBLE HULK smashed its way into American 3,505 theatres this weekend, earning $54.54-million. That gave it an easy first-place win,surpassing last week’s winner, KUNG FU PANDA, which shuffled into second place with $34.32-million.

The weekend’s other big debut, THE HAPPENING, had to settle for third place, with $30.5-million earned in 2,986 theatres.

As for returning cinefantastique titles:

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL whipped its way into fifth place, down from third, with $13.55-million. The four-week total is $275.33-million.

IRON MAN decayed from #6 to #7 in its seventh weekend of release. The $5.13-million in ticket sales raised the total to $297.43-million.

THE STRANGERS dropped into eighth place, down three notches, earning $4.1-million. The three-week total is $45.36-million.

CHORNICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN retreated from #7 to #9, adding $3-million worth of treasure to the five-week total of $131.74-million.

Read the complete Top Ten here.

About the Author

Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique's Los Angeles Correspondent from 1987 to 1993 and West Coast Editor from 1993 to 1999. Currently the webmaster of Cinefantastique Online, I also run a website called Hollywood Gothique that covers Halloween Horror and Sci-Fi Cinema Events in the Los Angeles area.

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