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 The Village Tops the Box Office 


08-01-04
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(antiTainment) Director M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, �The Village�, debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated $50.8 million gross for the weekend. 

�The Village� easily beat out the competition this week, including last week�s No. 1 �The Bourne Supremacy� and the big budget remake of �The Manchurian Candidate�.  The Matt Damon sequel dropped to second place with an estimate box office gross of $23.4 million.  The Denzel Washington lead �Candidate� came in third with an estimated $20.2 million. 

Will Smith�s �I, Robot� landed in fourth place with $10 million and �Spider-man 2� rounded out the Top 5 with $8.5 million. 
The only other Top 10 debut this week was for the �stoner� comedy �Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle�, which earned an estimated $5.1 million, landing in 7th place. 

Estimated Weekend Box Office: 

01 - �The Village� - $50.8 million 
02 - �The Bourne Supremacy� - $23.4 million 
03 - �The Manchurian Candidate� - $20.2 million 
04 - �I,Robot� - $10 million 
05 - �Spider-Man 2� - $8.5 million 
06 - �Catwoman� - $6 million 
07 - �Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle� - $5.1 million 
08 - �A Cinderella Story� - $4.6 million 
09 - �Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy� - $3.1 million 
10 - �Fahrenheit 9/11� - $3.1 million
 
 

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