X-tra Special At The US Box Office

Mutants rule the Memorial Day weekend

X-tra Special At The US Box Office

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Looks like Brett Ratner will be able to afford a few more super model-filled parties… X-Men: The Last Stand is a massive hit at the US box office, opening the record-snatching figures and peeing all over The Da Vinci Code’s big win last week.

With the advantage of a Three-day weekend (which means a four-day box office take), Marvel’s mutant horde stormed (no pun intended) the box office records with $121.1 million, to become the fourth-highest opening ever, behind Spider-Man, Revenge Of The Sith and Shrek 2. It’s also the second biggest first day ever, just behind that Lucas fella again, with $45.5 million on Friday compared to Sith’s $50 million smash opening on a May Wednesday last year.

That sound you hear is Ratner lighting $100 dollar bills on fire and putting them out with $500 bottles of champagne. Meanwhile, Camp Da Vinci saw a 56% drop in audience take, with the adventures of Tom Hanks’ hair forced into second with $43 million.

It won’t surprise you to learn that no other big movies opened this weekend. Next week, Jennifer Anniston tries to prove she still has box office potential in The Break-Up.

And now, because we know you can’t live without your weekly chart attack… Launch The Charts!

Title

Weekend Gross

Total Gross

Week #

1

**X-Men: The Last Stand

** $120,125,000

$120,125,000

1

2

The Da Vinci Code $43,000,000

$145,481,000

2

3

**Over The Hedge

**

$35,342,000

$84,398,000

2

4

**Mission: Impossible III

**

$8,567,000

$115,837,000

4

5

**Poseidon

**

$7,000,000

$46,643,000

3

6

**RV

**

$5,300,000

$57,155,000

5

7

**See No Evil

**

$3,200,000

$9,163,000

2

8

**Just My Luck

**

$2,300,000

$13,932,000

3

9

United 93

$1,054,000

$29,878,000

5

10

****An American Haunting

**

**

$937,000

$14,908,000

4

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