According to Warner Bros, “10,000 B.C.” sold worldwide $61 million worth of tickets, as the movie opened on the number one place in 19 from 20 territories.
“10,000 B.C.” tells the story of D’Leh (
When his loved one, Evolet (Camilla Belle) is kidnapped by a band of mysterious warlords, he embarks on a journey to the end of the world to save her. He leads a small group of hunters and as they venture into unknown lands for the first time, the group discovers there are civilizations beyond their own and that mankind’s reach is far greater than they ever knew.
At each encounter the group is joined by other tribes who have been attacked by the slave raiders, turning D’Leh’s once-small band into an army.
At their heroic journey’s end, they uncover a lost civilization and learn their ultimate fate lies in an empire beyond imagination, where great pyramids reach into the skies. According to Warner Bros, $100 million were invested in the production of the movie.
However, “10,000 B.C” did not manage to break any record, given that the blockbuster "300" opened with $71 million over that weekend in 2007. The top-12 movies took in $91.8 million, down 34 percent from the same weekend last year.
In the box office top, “10,000 B.C” was distantly followed by Martin Lawrence’s “College Road Trip”, which earned $14 million.
Last weekend’s champion, Will Ferrell’s “Semi-Pro” is heading right into financial disaster as it has slipped to the fourth spot with $5.9 million, behind the action thriller “Vantage Point” which earned the third place with $7.5 million.
“Semi-Pro”, a spoof comedy about basketball, which cost $57 million to make, has earned just $24.7 million after 10 days.
Another newcomer, “The Bank Job,” has opened on the fifth
spot with $5.7 million. “The Bank Job” is based on a true story of a bank
robbery which happened in 1971 in
“The Spiderwick Chronicles”, a
With only $4 million in ticket sales, “The Other Boleyn Girl” slipped to the seventh place from third in the opening weekend.
“The Other Boleyn Girl," is about Queen Anne Boleyn’s
sister, Mary, the "other" from the title, who was also one-time
mistress of King Henry VIII. Set during the reign of Henry VIII (Eric Bana), a
defining moment in
The SciFi thriller “Jumper” earned an additional $3,7 million and ranked as number eight while The Top 10 was rounded by “Step Up 2 the Streets” with $3,049,000 and Fool's Gold with $2,800,000.
“Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day”, the romantic comedy starring Frances McDormand as Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged governess in 1939 London, who after is fired from her job becomes the “social secretary” of the American singer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams) has opened really good by earning $2,541,000 from 535 theaters. The movie was very well received by the critics.