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21 Wins Big at Box Office

Iraq war flick Stop-Loss stumbles in at no. 8

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 30, 2008 4:46 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Gambling flick 21 played to win this weekend and banked $23.7 million, scoring top spot at the box office, Variety reports. But it failed to revive overall ticket sales, which are down 17% from last year's frame and about a third for the year. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! kept winning with $17.4 million at no. 2 and Superhero Movie took home $9.5 million for a disappointing third.

Fewer fans wanted to Meet the Browns as the Tyler Perry film dropped to fourth with $7.8 million. Drillbit Taylor fell to fifth with $5.8 million, Shutter to sixth with $5.3 million, and 
10,000 BC to seventh with $4.9 million. Like other Iraq war flicks, opener Stop-Loss stumbled, banking $4.5 million and coming in eighth.

From left to right, Jane Carrey, actor Jim Carrey, and actress Jenny McCarthy pose on the press line at the world premiere of the feature film Horton Hears A Who in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
From left to right, Jane Carrey, actor Jim Carrey, and actress Jenny McCarthy pose on the press line at the world premiere of the feature film "Horton Hears A Who" in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 8,...   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
In this image released by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, Ryan Phillippe, right, and Abbie Cornish are shown in a scene from Stop-Loss.
In this image released by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, Ryan Phillippe, right, and Abbie Cornish are shown in a scene from "Stop-Loss."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, Frank Masi)
Actor Tracy Morgan poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film Superhero Movie in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 27, 2008.
Actor Tracy Morgan poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film "Superhero Movie" in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
In this image released by Sony Pictures, actors, from left, Jim Sturgess, Jacob Pitts, Liza Lapira, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey are shown in a scene from the film 21.
In this image released by Sony Pictures, actors, from left, Jim Sturgess, Jacob Pitts, Liza Lapira, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey are shown in a scene from the film "21."   (AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Peter Iovino)
In this photo released by Starpix, co-stars Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth pose for a photo at a screening of their feature film 21 in New York, Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
In this photo released by Starpix, co-stars Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth pose for a photo at a screening of their feature film "21" in New York, Wednesday, March 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)
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