Weekend box office

When more reliable numbers were tallied Monday, it turns out “Shrek 2” did $3.7 million more than estimated. The adjustment didn’t change the film’s position in the record books (it’s still No. 2 behind “Spider-Man”), but served as an indication of moviegoers’ affection for the big green ogre and his friends.

Meanwhile, a couple of smaller movies made their mark as “Super Size Me” inched into the top 10 in its third weekend with just under $1 million in 148 theaters, and the modest import “A Day Without a Mexican” added more than $554,000 in its second weekend, bringing its total to $1.4 million.

*--* Movie 3-day Total Venues Average Weeks (Studio) Gross (Millions) Per Venue 1 ‘Shrek 2’ (DreamWorks) $108.0 $129.0 4,163 $25,952 1

2 ‘Troy’ (Warner Bros.) $23.9 $86.0 3,411 $7,014 2

3 ‘Van Helsing’ $10.5 $100.5 3,418 $3,090 3 (Universal)

4 ‘Mean Girls’ $6.9 $64.7 3,054 $2,262 4 (Paramount)

5 ‘Man on Fire’ (20th $3.7 $69.5 2,104 $1,749 5 Century Fox)

6 ‘Breakin’ All the $2.8 $9.1 1,318 $2,159 2 Rules’ (Sony)

7 ’13 Going On 30’ $2.5 $52.1 2,028 $1,239 5 (Sony)

8 ‘New York Minute’ $1.3 $12.6 2,360 $552 3 (Warner Bros.)

9 ‘Kill Bill Vol. 2’ $1.1 $62.7 854 $1,263 6 (Miramax)

10 ‘Super Size Me’ (IDP) $1.0 $2.9 148 $6,579 3

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Source: Nielsen EDI

Los Angeles Times