“Jumper” Gains $27 Million At Box Office
By Chris Georg
21:08, February 17th 2008
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“Jumper” Gains $27 Million At Box Office

The sci-fi adventure movie, “Jumpers”, starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Doug Liman won the first spot at this weekend box office with $27 million in ticket sales.

Based on the 1992 sci-fi novel by Stephen Gould and written by the triumvirate of David S. Goyer, Jim Unis and Simon Kinborg, “Jumper” is the story of David Rice, a man who has the supernatural ability to teleport himself anywhere on the planet.

Produced by 20th Century Fox's "Jumper" opened on Thursday and has earned already $33.9 million, according to studio estimates. (view "Jumper" trailer)

The second place went to Disney’s sequel “Step Up 2 The Streets”, a teen movie about the life of the street dancer Andie who lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts. The movie earned $19.7 million for the weekend and $26.3 million since its opening on Thursday. (view “Step Up 2 The Streets” trailer)

"The Spiderwick Chronicles", a Paramount’s movie based on the children's fantasy series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, earned the third place, with $19.1 million in ticket sales.

The movie presents the story of the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, his sister Mallory, and their mom) who moves from New York into the house inherited by their mother from her great aunt Lucinda (Joan Plowright) who is in a mental institution for thinking that her father, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), was abducted by fairies. The three brothers start to search the house to see what is going on, and that is how they discover the supernatural world surrounding the Spiderwick estate. (view "The Spiderwick Chronicles" trailer)

The last weekend’s number one, “Fool’s Gold”, a romantic quest to find a lost treasure, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey fell to the fourth place, with $13.1 million.

The romantic comedy “Definitely, Maybe” with Ryan Reynolds opened on the fifth place with $9.7 million.

Martin Lawrence’s “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”, which gained the second spot last weekend, slipped to the sixth place, earning only $8.9 million.

Academy Award-nominated teen pregnancy comedy “Juno” enjoyed another weekend in Top 10, gaining the seventh place with $4.6 million.

This weekend’s Top 10 included also “The Bucket List”, Rob Reiner’s movie about old men getting their last wishes with $4.1 million, "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" with $3.3 million and the comedy “27 Dresses" with $3.2 million.

However, according to Media by Numbers, the total earnings of the Top 12 movies this weekend were down 16 percent compared to the last year, when "Ghost Rider" opened with $45.4 million.



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