Biggest films in North America: 4 August 2006

Biggest films in North America: 4 August 2006

Rank Title Weekend Gross

1. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) $47M $47M

2. Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) $15.8M $15.8M

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $11M $380M

4. Miami Vice (2006) $10.2M $46.3M

5. The Descent (2005) $8.91M $8.91M

6. John Tucker Must Die (2006) $6.15M $28.7M

7. Monster House (2006) $6.06M $57M

8. The Ant Bully (2006) $3.89M $18.2M

9. You, Me and Dupree (2006) $3.64M $66.8M

10. The Night Listener (2006) $3.55M $3.55M

Talladega Nights, starring Will Farrell, was supposed to open big, box office analysts had predicted, but not this big. The film took in an estimated $47 million, making it the second-biggest opening for an original comedy ever, behind Bruce Almighty, which opened with $68 million in May, 2003. The movie was far ahead of Ferrell's previous biggest opening, Elf, which took in $31 million in November, 2003. As had been forecast, the three other new films had only so-so debuts. Paramount's animated Barnyard had the best of them, placing second with about $16 million. The British horror film The Descent, which drew smashing reviews, did not draw big crowds, taking in only $8.8 million. And The Night Listener, starring Robin Williams in a serious role, barely made the top ten with just $3.6 million. But the biggest disappointment may have been the 62-percent plunge of Miami Vice, which wound up in fourth place with $9.7 million, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which earned $11 million in its fifth week to bring its total booty to $379.7 million and putting it at No. 8 among the top domestic grossers of all time. It also excelled overseas, where it grossed an additional $57 million, to lift its worldwide total to $772 million