Weekend box office

The battle of new comedies wasn’t close, as “Get Smart” outsold “The Love Guru” by more than 2 to 1. “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Happening” fell sharply in their second weekends, although industrywide results stayed on an upward trend. In limited release, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” averaged a solid $44,000 per theater at five locations. Sales in the U.S. and Canada, June 20-22:

Industry totals

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

*--* Movie 3-day gross Total Venues Average Weeks (studio) (millions) (millions) per venue 1 Get Smart (Warner Bros.) $38.7 $38.7 3,911 $9,891 1 2 The Incredible $22.1 $97.1 3,508 $6,310 2 Hulk (Universal) 3 Kung Fu Panda $21.9 $155.8 4,053 $5,412 3 (Paramount) 4 The Love Guru $13.9 $13.9 $3,012 $4,617 1 (Paramount) 5 The Happening $10.5 $50.7 2,986 $3,510 2 (20th Century Fox) 6 Indiana Jones $8.5 $291.0 3,171 $2,693 5 and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount) 7 You Don’t Mess $7.5 $84.3 3,278 $2,274 3 With the Zohan (Sony) 8 Sex and the $ City (Warner Bros.) 6.5 $132.5 2,442 $2,675 4 9 Iron Man $4.0 $304.8 1,912 $2,108 8 (Paramount) -- -- -- -- -- 10 The Strangers $2.1 $49.8 1,578 $1,345 4 (Universal) -- -- -- -- -- *--*

*--* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2007 (in billions) from 2007 $142.9 +8.7% $4.27 +0.2% *--*

Source: Media by Numbers