Weekend box office

“The Dark Knight” topped $300 million in its 10th day of release, while the Will Ferrell comedy “Step Brothers” opened strongly and the musical “Mamma Mia!” held up well in its second weekend. “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” opened at the low end of expectations. Sales in the U.S. and Canada, July 25-27:

Industry totals

Note: A movie may be shown on more than one screen at each venue.

*--* Movie 3-day gross Total Venues Avg Weeks (studio) (millions) (millions) per venue

1 The Dark $75.2 $313.8 4,366 $17,216 2 Knight (Warner Bros.)

2 Step Brothers 30.9 30.9 3,094 10,000 1 (Sony)

3 Mamma Mia! 17.7 62.6 2,990 5,935 2 (Universal)

4 The X-Files: I 10.0 10.0 3,185 3,147 1 Want to Believe (20th Century Fox)

5 Journey to the 9.7 60.5 2,688 3,615 3 Center of the Earth (Warner Bros.)

6 Hancock (Sony) 8.3 206.5 3,309 2,512 4

7 Wall-E (Disney) 6.4 195.3 3,044 2,110 5

8 Hellboy II: 5.1 66.1 3,018 1,690 3 The Golden Army (Universal)

9 Space Chimps 4.5 16.2 2,538 1,788 2 (20th Century Fox)

10 Wanted 2.7 128.6 1,754 1,561 5 (Universal) *--*

*--* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2007 (in billions) from 2007 $180.6 -1.9% $5.68 +0.2% *--*

Source: Media by Numbers