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Finishing third this weekend is our top film from the last two weekends, 21. The college gambling flick finally got busted down a bit this weekend, but still manages to hover around $10 million, with a gross this weekend of $11 million. I think 21 is 2008's version of Disturbia, as this is a film that has no right doing as well as it is, but despite my feeling drops a fairly steady 28% this weekend, after dipping 36% last weekend. 21 has now raked in $62.3 million, and should have no problem reaching $85 million at the domestic box office.

Nim's Island does not see the solid hold I was expecting from last weekend, and gets dropped down to fourth this weekend. The kid's flick with Jodie Foster earned $9 million in its second frame, and was down a larger than I expected 31.9%. Kid's flick usually hold better than this, however a low production cost won't turn Nim into a nightmare for the Fox. So far, this one has earned $25.28 million, and could earn $45 million or more.

Fifth this weekend is George Clooney's miss with Leatherheads, a film folks seem to be abandoning quickly. After a soft debut last weekend of $12.7 million, Leatherheads got beat up this frame, with a gross of only $6.21 million. That equals a drop of 51%, which is hideous for a comedy that skews older. George better pull another Danny Ocean role out of his hat, as this one has grossed only $21.9 million.

Horton Hears A Who manages another weekend in the top ten, its fifth, as its totals continue to rise. Horton earned another $6 million in its fifth frame, but was off large again this weekend - 34% - after chucking 49% of the previous weekend's audience in the last frame. Still, there's nothing but good news for Fox, Blue Sky, Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell, as the gross so far for Horton has hit $139.62 million.

New release Smart People gets buried this weekend, as there are so many poor choices at the movies, why pick this poor choice? Smart People stayed away this weekend, and this dramedy earned $4.2 million (albeit from only 1,106 venues), and had a venue average of $3,797. This one had a smart cast that included Ellen Page, Thomas Hayden Church, Dennis Quaid, and one of my personal non-faves, Sarah Jessica Parker. Review wise, this was the best of the openers, but even that's not saying much. At RottenTomatoes, reviews mixed almost right down the middle, with 43 positive out of a possible 90. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is going to destroy this next weekend, so Ellen Page could go from 10 consecutive weekends in the top ten with Juno, all the way down to one with Smart People.

The Ruins manages an eight place finish, as folks abandon real horror with The Ruins for fake horror in Prom Night (go figure). The Ruins managed to earn $3.25 million this weekend and drops the typical-for-horror 59%. The good news for Paramount is that this one managed to cross the $10 million mark. Yay!

The dregs in ninth and tenth are both comedies, Superhero Movie and Drillbit Taylor. Superhero Movie managed to earn $3.11 million this weekend, dropping 42.5% and bringing its cume up to $21.2 million. Drillbit Taylor finishes tenth with a gross of $2.07 million. It dropped 39.2% and has now earned $28.46 million.

Overall this weekend, the bad news just continues. The top ten this weekend pulled in only $79.54 million, which doesn't hold a candle to last year's Disturbia-led top ten of $98.8 million. Will things get better before May? Believe it or not, the answer is yes, at least in terms of film quality. Next weekend brings Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and R-rated comedy from producer/writer Judd Apatow, then on April 25th, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. It may not be much, but hell, its April.

Top Weekend Box Office for 4/11/08-4/13/08 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Prom Night	Sony/Screen Gems	$22,700,000	$20,804,941	New	$20,804,941
2	Street Kings	Fox Searchlight	$12,000,000	$12,469,631	New	$12,469,631
3	21	MGM	$11,000,000	$10,470,173	- 31.7%	$61,738,420
4	Nim's Island	Twentieth Century Fox	$9,000,000	$9,111,667	- 31.0%	$25,391,566
5	Leatherheads	Universal	$6,207,040	$6,276,665	- 50.5%	$21,976,580
6	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears Who	Twentieth Century Fox	$6,000,000	$5,920,566	- 35.1%	$139,548,920
7	Smart People	Miramax	$4,200,000	$4,092,465	New	$4,092,465
8	The Ruins	Dreamworks/Paramount	$3,250,000	$3,385,395	New	$13,548,871
9	Superhero Movie	Dimension Films	$3,114,000	$3,216,247	- 40.6%	$21,304,164
10	Drillbit Taylor	Paramount Pictures	$2,070,000	$2,044,988	- 40.0%	$28,436,029
11	Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns	Lionsgate	$1,570,000	$1,555,182	- 54.5%	$40,098,131
12	10,000 B.C.	Warner Bros.	$1,510,000	$1,478,374	- 47.2%	$91,753,844
	Also Opening/Notables
	U Me Aur Hum	Eros	N/A	$642,923	New	$642,923
	Krazzy 4	Eros	N/A	$322,426	New	$322,426
	The Visitor		$88,000	$86,488	New	$86,488
	Young@Heart	Fox Searchlight	$52,312	$50,937	New	$62,231
	Bra Boys	Berkala/Slowhand	N/A	$45,589	New	$45,589
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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