All B.O. Totals are U.S. only. Genre flims are in Bold.
Two films on this list that continue to surprise press pundits and critics alike are “Night at the Museum” and “Rocky Balboa”. ‘Museum’ has remained in the number one slot since its premiere in theaters and ‘Rocky’ has hung in the top 10 since it stepped into the B.O. ring – both films making liars out of all of us so-called film ‘know-it-alls’.
1. Night at the Museum…………….$23,743,960
Engagements:3,730 Cume: $163,840,714
2. The Pursuit of Happyness………..$12,880,926
Engagements:3,027 Cume: $124,039,482
3. Children of Men………………..$10,197,775
Engagements:1,209 Cume: $11,805,273
4. Freedom Writers…………………$9,405,582
Engagements:1,360 Cume: $9,405,582
5. Dreamgirls……………………..$8,663,380
Engagements: 852 Cume: $54,322,145
6. Happily N’Ever After…………….$6,608,244
Engagements:2,381 Cume: $6,608,244
7. Charlotte’s Web…………………$6,598,179
Engagements:3,303 Cume: $66,963,119
8. The Good Shepherd……………….$6,446,345
Engagements:2,250 Cume: $48,344,025
9. Rocky Balboa……………………$6,017,649
Engagements:3,018 Cume: $60,642,611
10. We Are Marshall………………..$4,875,400
Engagements:2,502 Cume: $35,165,379
Source: Variety
I still think Rocky Balboa should now be considered SF. I wasn’t sure until I saw that this one was about him getting back in the ring and fighting a guy half his age or younger, but, well, yeah.
Oh man… there’s a Rambo 4 in pre-production? I thought that was a joke…
Scary to think about isn’t it? We did a short piece about this back in October and it blew me away then too.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/10/26/60-year-old-rambo-a-fantasy-tale/