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'Wolverine' finishes weekend with $85.1 million debut
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Published: May 4, 2009
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LOS ANGELES - Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is rolling in dough, though his movie pulled in a little less money than originally estimated.
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" took in $85.1 million over opening weekend, according to final studio numbers Monday. That was almost $2 million less than 20th Century Fox projected a day earlier.
Final numbers on big movies often differ from earlier projections, because Sunday figures are based on estimates of how big the crowds will be that day.
Based on final figures, "Wolverine" now ranks as the third-biggest opening weekend in the "X-Men" franchise. It came in a few hundred thousand dollars behind the second movie, "X2: X-Men United," and about $18 million behind the third one, "X-Men: The Last Stand." It did easily surpass the $54.5 million opening weekend of the first "X-Men" movie.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio and gross, as compiled today by Hollywood.com:
1. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Fox, $85,058,003.
2. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," Warner Bros., $15,411,434.
3. "Obsessed," Sony Screen Gems, $12,052,151.
4. "17 Again," Warner Bros., $6,361,358.
5. "Monsters vs. Aliens," Paramount, $5,803,429.
6. "The Soloist," Paramount, $5,654,558.
7. "Earth," Disney, $4,340,235.
8. "Hannah Montana: The Movie," Disney, $4,164,185.
9. "Fighting," Universal, $4,011,465.
10. "State of Play," Universal, $3,715,980.
11. "Fast & Furious," Universal, $2,763,875.
12. "Battle For Terra," Roadside Attractions, $1,082,362.
13. "Taken," Fox, $896,888.
14. "I Love You, Man," Paramount, $738,275.
15. "Knowing," Summit, $568,096.
16. "Crank: High Voltage," Lionsgate, $488,781.
17. "Sunshine Cleaning," Overture, $424,191.
18. "The Haunting in Connecticut," Lionsgate, $415,749.
19. "Observe and Report," Warner Bros., $302,146.
20. "12 Rounds," Fox, $297,333.
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