"Knocked Up," the new comedy about accidental pregnancy, drew a big audience this weekend but not enough to knock "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" out of the crow's nest. Jack Sparrow and company remained on course to take the box office treasure chest, sailing to their second straight weekend atop the box office despite a steep drop in business. Disney's "Pirates" piled on another $43.
2 million of loot and became just the fourth 2007 release to cross the $200 million mark domestically. Second week business for the blockbuster dropped by 64.2 percent but the studio says it was expected.
"Whether it's `Spider-Man,' "X-Men' or `Pirates,' we're all going to have that 60 percent drop before you level off in the third week," said Chuck Viane, president of Disney's Buena Vista Distribution. "This is a fantastic gross and now the avid fans will continue to come out and people who never go to a moving on opening weekend will come out. I think the film will be around for quite awhile.
" The domestic total of $216.5 million for "Pirates" and international gross of $408.8 million, gives the Disney film a worldwide total of $625.
3 million after less than two weeks in theaters. Opening strong in second place was the Universal Pictures comedy "Knocked Up" which grossed an estimated $29.3 million and looks to be this summer's "40 Year Old Virgin" type of raunchy comedy with a heart hit.
"Its opening was a little higher than expected even though it's had a lot of buzz going for it," said box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers. "The great thing about `Knocked Up' is that it had huge female appeal where '40 Year Old Virgin' played more to males." "Shrek the Third" was pushed down to third place in its third weekend in theaters as it added an estimated $26.
7 million to its total. The DreamWorks Animation sequel is already one of summer's biggest hits with a domestic gross of $254.6 million so far.
Kevin Costner showed that he can still draw an audience even if he's playing a serial killer. Brooks," opened in fourth place with an estimated gross of $10 million. The audience for the film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was 57 percent female and 79 percent over the age of 25, according to the studio.
Rounding out the top five was "Spider-Man 3" which added another $7.5 million to its impressive domestic total which has now reached $318.3 million.
When international grosses are added in, the worldwide gross is now at $844 million and is the highest-grossing film in studio history for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Just missing out on the top five was the Fox Searchlight sleeper hit "Waitress" which grossed $2 million playing in just 605 theaters. It will expand to 700 locations on Friday and has taken in $9.
45 million in limited release. The inspiration sports drama "Gracie" bowed in seventh place with estimated ticket sales of $1.4 million.
The movie bowed in 1,164 theaters.
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