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Who Stays Hot at Box Office

Posted Mar 23, 08 5:50 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Dr. Seuss’ Horton heard cha-ching at the box office again this weekend despite a 45% drop in sales, Variety reports. The family flick grossed $25.1 million, beating number-two Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and photographic horror remake Shutter, which grossed $20 million and $10.7 million, respectively, the AP reports.

Owen Wilson laffer Drillbit Taylor banked $10.2 million in fourth spot, beating 10,000 BC's $8.7 million in fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Never Back Down with $4.9 million, College Road Trip with $4.6 million, The Bank Job with $4.1 million, and Vantage Point with $3.8 million; in tenth, Under the Same Moon nabbed the record for top US Spanish-language opener with $2.6 million.

Sources: Variety, Associated Press, Box Office Mojo

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A "Horton" event in West Orange, NJ.   (AP Photo)
Tyler Perry accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture for "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" at the 39th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, in Los Angeles....   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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In this image released by 20th Century Fox, a still from the film "Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who" is shown.   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios)
Actors Kate Del Castillo and Eugenio Derbez posesfor pictures at a news conference to promote their new movie, "Under the Same Moon" or "La Misma Luna," at New York's Fox Building, March 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
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