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Box Office: Kung Fu Panda Chops the Competition

Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:30am by BuzzSugar
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Po the panda and friends kicked some box office butt this weekend, winning the No. 1 spot handily with an estimated $60 million over the weekend. Kung Fu Panda is the second-best opening DreamWorks Animation has ever had behind Shrek the Third. In second place came the Adam Sandler and Judd Apatow comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan, earning a healthy $40 million.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was bumped to the third spot and has grossed an estimated $253 million. The good news for the Sex and the City movie is that it has almost passed the $100 million mark domestically. The bad news is it experienced a steep decline that put it at No. 4. The super scary flick The Strangers dropped to No. 5.

According to Variety, box office watchers had expected way closer results between Kung Fu Panda and Zohan so a big congrats is in order to Jack Black and crew!

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  • ilanac13's picture
    ilanac13
    1

    i was debating on whether i should go to see panda or zohan and decided on zohan, which i thought was a good movie Smiling

    i'm happy to hear that SATC is still doing decently though...good thing about that opening weekend!

    17 weeks 11 hours ago Report Comment
  • dannysf's picture
    dannysf
    2

    Ugh, how can $40 million worth of people have gone to see the Zohan? Seriously!

    17 weeks 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • kcwebgirl's picture
    kcwebgirl
    3

    i was camping this weekend and didn't catch a flick. but i would have thrown my money to the panda!

    17 weeks 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • supertramp's picture
    supertramp
    4

    how the hell did don't mess with the zohan make so much money, I thought it would make between $7-$13 million, but that is ridiculous

    17 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • northofantastic's picture
    northofantastic
    5

    I really want to see this movie, but just haven't had the chance. I'm glad so many people seem to like it. Smiling

    16 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment

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