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Prom Night Nabs Weekend Crown

Posted Apr 13, 08 6:55 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Prom Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21, which banked $11 million in third. Dennis Quaid’s Smart People proved a no-brainer for audiences: The dramedy finished seventh with $4.2 million after mediocre reviews.

 

Sources Variety, Bloomberg

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"21" continued to perform well at the box office, earning third place.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
"Prom Night," starring Brittany Snow, won the weekend box office.   (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
"Street Kings" starring Keanu Reeves opened in second place at the weekend box office.   (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
"Prom Night" starring Brittany Snow earned first place at the weekend box office.   (Jesse Grant/Getty Images)
"Leatherheads," starring Renee Zellweger and George Clooney, placed fifth.   (AP Photo/Nathan Strange)
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