Weekend box office

Talk about your slumps. Not often does a movie that grosses less than $1 million make it to the top 10, but on the 15th weekend of a streak of downturns relative to the comparable period last year, that distinction goes to “Unleashed,” the month-old Jet Li movie about a man trained as an attack dog. When more reliable figures became available Monday, “Lords of Dogtown” slipped to No. 7 from its higher Sunday profile, dislodged by “Monster-in-Law.” On the brighter side, “Madagascar” became the year’s fifth movie to pass $100 million, and “Revenge of the Sith” passed $300 million over the weekend.

-- R. Kinsey Lowe

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1Madagascar $28.1 $100.4 4,142 $6,787 2 (DreamWorks)

2The Longest $26.1 $95.8 3,634 $7,176 2 Yard (Paramount)

3Star Wars: $25.1 $308.9 3,650 $6,874 3 Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Fox)

4Cinderella Man $18.3 $18.3 2,812 $6,515 1 (Universal)

5 The $9.8 $13.6 2,583 $3,807 1 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Warner Bros.)

6 Monster- $6.0 $71,1 3,025 $1,991 4 in-Law (New Line)

7 Lords of $5.6 $5.6 1,865 $3,015 1 Dogtown (Sony)

8Crash $3.3 $40.9 1,319 $2,477 5 (Lions Gate)

9 Kicking & $2.3 $47.7 1,827 $1,265 4 Screaming (Universal)

10 Unleashed $0.8 $23.6 579 $1,455 4 (Focus)

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Source: Nielsen EDI Inc.

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Los Angeles Times