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10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

College Road Trip pulls into second place

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 9, 2008 3:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – Action epic 10,000 BC fought its way to the top of the box office this weekend, grabbing Warner Bros. $35.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The chronicle of a hunter facing massive beasts clambered over another new release, College Road Trip, a family film which took $14 million, as well as the political thriller Vantage Point, which came in third with $7.5 million.

Will Ferrell’s basketball comedy Semi-Pro sank to fourth place from last week’s top spot with $5.75 million. Meanwhile, real-life heist flick The Bank Job deposited $5.71 million, putting it in fifth. Cinema takings dropped 34% from this weekend last year, but 2008 totals are beating out 2007 numbers by 3.9%.

In this image released by Lionsgate Films, Jason Statham is shown in a scene from The Bank Job.  (AP Photo/Lionsgate Films, Jack English)
In this image released by Lionsgate Films, Jason Statham is shown in a scene from "The Bank Job". (AP Photo/Lionsgate Films, Jack English)   (Associated Press)
New York Knicks Nate Robinson, left, plays basketball against Woody Harrelson, center, and Will Ferrell from the new movie Semi-Pro,  on the NBC Today program in New York's Rockefeller Plaza, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
New York Knicks Nate Robinson, left, plays basketball against Woody Harrelson, center, and Will Ferrell from the new movie "Semi-Pro," on the NBC "Today" program in New York's Rockefeller Plaza, Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Steven Straight, portraying D'Leh, is threatened by a saber-tooth tiger  in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' epic adventure 10,000 B.C. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Steven Straight, portraying D'Leh, is threatened by a saber-tooth tiger in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' epic adventure "10,000 B.C."...   (Associated Press)
Actress-singer Raven-Symone, who stars in College Road Trip, makes an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Actress-singer Raven-Symone, who stars in "College Road Trip," makes an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)   (Associated Press)
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