Weekend box office

“Sex and the City” knocked “Indiana Jones” out of first place, pacing a strong weekend for moviegoing. Sales in the U.S. and Canada, May 30-June 1:

Industry totals

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*--* -- Movie 3-day gross Total Venues Average/ Weeks -- (studio) (mill.) (mill.) -- venue -- 1 Sex and the City (Warner $56.8 $56.8 3,285 $17,305 1 Bros.) 2 Indiana Jones $44.8 $215.6 4,264 10,496 2 -- and the Kingdom -- -- -- -- -- -- of the -- -- -- -- -- -- Crystal Skull -- -- -- -- -- -- (Paramount) -- -- -- -- -- 3 The Strangers $21.0 $21.0 2,466 8,515 1 -- (Universal) -- -- -- -- -- 4 Iron Man (Paramount) $13.5 $276.2 3,650 3,710 5 5 The Chronicles $12.7 $115.4 3,801 3,342 3 -- of Narnia: Prince -- -- -- -- -- -- Caspian (Disney) -- -- -- -- -- 6 What Happens $6.7 $65.9 3,086 2,165 4 -- in Vegas -- -- -- -- -- -- (20th Century Fox) -- -- -- -- -- 7 Speed Racer $2.3 $40.7 2,070 1,091 4 -- (Warner Bros.) -- -- -- -- -- 8 Baby Mama $2.2 $56.1 1,784 1,230 6 -- (Universal) -- -- -- -- -- 9 Made of $1.9 $42.9 1,905 1,004 5 -- Honor -- -- -- -- -- -- (Sony) -- -- -- -- -- 10 Forgetting $1.1 $60.5 768 1,380 7 -- Sarah Marshall -- -- -- -- -- -- (Universal) -- -- -- -- -- *--*

*--* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2007 (in billions) from 2007 $168.0 +24.6% $3.57 -3.0% *--*

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

Source: Media by Numbers

Los Angeles Times