New Year's weekend was very good to Hollywood. The four-day frame gave flight to the already-strong debuts of 20th Century Fox's Night at the Museum and Sony Pictures' The Pursuit of Happyness. It added much-needed oomph to some slagging holdovers, including Paramount Pictures' Charlotte's Web and Warner Bros. Pictures' We Are Marshall. The weekend also allowed the specialty arena to produce two of its first year-end hits with the debut of Picturehouse's Pan's Labyrinth and the second weekend of the well-reviewed Children of Men.
Also, the last weekend of 2006 saw Paramount's release of DreamWorks' Dreamgirls become a solidified success.
The frame also helped push the 2006 boxoffice to a 5% gain compared with 2005 as well as a 9% increase compared with the same four-day period last year.
The weekend saw Museum and Happyness continue their ascent. In its second weekend in release, the Ben Stiller starrer Night generated an additional $36.7 million, pushing its two-week cume to $115.8 million. Will Smith's Happyness earned $19.3 million, an increase of 30.7%, bringing its three-week cume to the coveted $100 million mark.
Third place belonged to the astronomical first full weekend of Dreamgirls, which debuted on Christmas Day to $8.7 million. The adaptation of the Broadway play generated a four-day take of $18.3 million, for a per-screen average of $21,578.
Also, the last weekend of 2006 saw Paramount's release of DreamWorks' Dreamgirls become a solidified success.
The frame also helped push the 2006 boxoffice to a 5% gain compared with 2005 as well as a 9% increase compared with the same four-day period last year.
The weekend saw Museum and Happyness continue their ascent. In its second weekend in release, the Ben Stiller starrer Night generated an additional $36.7 million, pushing its two-week cume to $115.8 million. Will Smith's Happyness earned $19.3 million, an increase of 30.7%, bringing its three-week cume to the coveted $100 million mark.
Third place belonged to the astronomical first full weekend of Dreamgirls, which debuted on Christmas Day to $8.7 million. The adaptation of the Broadway play generated a four-day take of $18.3 million, for a per-screen average of $21,578.
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