Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The top films at the North American box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the five-day New Year's holiday weekend beginning Dec. 28, led by "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," according to studio estimates compiled Tuesday by Reuters.

1 (1) National Treasure: Book of Secrets . $ 55.4 million

2 (3) Alvin and the Chipmunks ............ $ 42.2 million

3 (2) I Am Legend ........................ $ 38.0 million

4 (4) Charlie Wilson's War ............... $ 20.5 million

5 (9) Juno ............................... $ 15.7 million

6(15) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep $ 14.0 million

7 (7) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem ....... $ 13.8 million

8 (6) P.S. I Love You .................... $ 13.1 million

9 (5) Sweeney Todd ....................... $ 11.8 million

10(11) Enchanted .......................... $ 9.7 million

NOTE: Rankings for the five-day Christmas period last week in parentheses.

TOTALS TO DATE

I Am Legend ......................... $205.1 million

Alvin and the Chipmunks ............. $154.6 million

National Treasure: Book of Secrets .. $143.8 million

Enchanted ........................... $113.8 million

Charlie Wilson's War ................ $ 43.3 million

Juno ................................ $ 31.1 million

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem ........ $ 30.7 million

Sweeney Todd ........................ $ 30.5 million

P.S. I Love You ..................... $ 27.3 million

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep . $ 21.6 million
"National Treasure: Book Of Secrets" and "Enchanted" were released by Walt Disney (nyse: DIS - news - people ) Pictures, a unit of Walt Disney Co.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" were released by Twentieth Century Fox. "Juno" was released by Fox Searchlight. Both are units of News Corp. (nyse: NWS - news - people )

"I Am Legend" and "P.S. I Love You" were released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ) Inc.

"Charlie Wilson's War" was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co (nyse: GE - news - people )'s NBC Universal.

"The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" was released by Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp. (nyse: SNE - news - people )

"Sweeney Todd" was released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, both units of Viacom Inc. (nyse: VIA - news - people ) (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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