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The romantic story of the lonely robot that develops a personality after spending 700 years alone on a deserted Earth , Wall-E, has raked in more than $62 million this weekend, surpassing Universal's Wanted which only cashed $51 million in estimated ticket sales.
Wall-E, however, just missed surpassing Pixar's "The Incredibles" which opened in November 2004 and earned $70.4 million in its first three days of availability. The animated-movie sets down in a postapocalyptic deserted Earth, surrounded by the glaring sun and skyscrapers, where the only living thing seems to be Wall-E, a cute robot with droopy binocular eyes. The cute name of the robot stands for Waste Allocation Load-Lifter Earth-Class.
Besides being a success at box office, “Wall-E” had some highly positive reviews from the movie critics. Created by Andrew Stanton, the same man who directed the now famous “Finding Nemo”, “Wall-E” could thus be a serious Oscar contender.
The second place holder, Wanted, is based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist Timur Berkmambetov, creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the "Night Watch Series." Critics panned the movie as a nonsense plot sold with the help of an A-list cast, but if you’re craving for special effects and high-wire acts then “Wanted” should meet your expectations.
There were no other new entries in the first 20 movies according to estimated box office revenues over this weekend. The first ten are, according to Box Office Mojo, as follows:
1 Wall-E $62,500,000
2 Wanted $51,118,000
3 Get Smart $20,000,000
4 Kung Fu Panda $11,746,000
5 The Incredible Hulk $9,226,000
6 The Love Guru $5,440,000
7 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $5,030,000
8 The Happening $3,850,000
9 Sex and the City $3,770,000
10 You Don't Mess with the Zohan $3,200,000
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