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Hannah Sings at Box Office

Posted Feb 3, 08 4:20 PM CST in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Disney’s Hannah Montana sang a high note this gridiron weekend and nabbed top spot at the box office with $29 million, Variety reports. It also shattered Titanic’s $21.6 million Super Bowl weekend record. A pleased Disney extended the pic’s planned one-week run.

Studios stuck with targeting women on Super Bowl weekend and sales were up overall. Jessica Alba’s The Eye debuted in 2nd with $13 million, but the other newcomers–Eva Longoria Parker’s Over Her Dead Body and nature spoof Strange Wilderness–fell flat, opening at 11th and 13th respectively. 27 Dresses stayed strong in 3rd as Juno held in at 4th and Meet the Spartans took 5th.

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Actress Jessica Alba makes an appearance to promote her new movie "The Eye" on MTV's "Total Request Live", Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)   (Associated Press)
A girl looks at a poster outside a screening of "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus   (Associated Press)
This undated photo provided by Disney Enterprises inc. shows Miley Cyrus during a scene from her new movie "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus   (Associated Press)
Actress/singer Miley Cyrus, right, star of the new film "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus   (Associated Press)
This undated provided by Gold Circle Films/New Line Cinema shows Eva Longoria Parker, left, and Paul Rudd in a scene from "Over Her Dead Body." (AP Photo/Gold Circle Films/New Line Cinema, Dale Robinette)   (Associated Press)
Actress/singer Miley Cyrus, star of the film "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus."   (Associated Press)
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