stompbo.jpgIn a surprising move at the U.S. Box Office this weekend, the urban dance drama Stomp the Yard topped the charts even though it was only shown in around 2,000 theatres. It’s currently on a 26% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes (from 61 reviews) and has an average of 1.9 from 121 votes on IMDB.

It knocked off Night at the Mueseum and The Pursuit of Happyness who both drop a place after their several weeks of release whilst Children of Men had a significant drop into 6th place.

Primeval proves to be a big flop coming in at 8th, taking in under $6 million even though it was played in the 4th biggest number of cinema’s this weekend. A shit trailer and a very rushed release date which meant little build up and advertising did that film no favours what-so-ever.

12 January 2007 (Sunday Estimates)

Rank Title Weekend Gross
1. Stomp the Yard (2007) $22M $22M
2. Night at the Museum (2006) $17.1M $186M
3. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) $9.1M $136M
4. Dreamgirls (2006) $8.12M $66.9M
5. Freedom Writers (2007) $7.12M $19.9M
6. Children of Men (2006) $6.43M $21.4M
7. Alpha Dog (2006) $6.14M $6.14M
8. Primeval (2007) $5.99M $5.99M
9. Arthur et les Minimoys (2006) $4.3M $4.3M
10. The Good Shepherd (2006) $3.91M $54.3M

source – imdb, box office mojo

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