Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

July 25, 2008 5:32:33 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

« Back to the grid | Next story »

Chan and Li Kick Up Box Office Winner

Posted Apr 20, 08 6:29 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Jackie Chan and Jet Li KO’d the competition at this weekend's box office, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Forbidden Kingdom finished first with $20.9 million, kicking raunchy romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall to second with $17.3 million. Other debuts stirred up little action: The Al Pacino thriller 88 Minutes ranked fourth with $6.8 million, and Ben Stein’s Expelled took ninth, banking $3.2 million.

Source Entertainment Weekly

0 comments | Print E-mail | Digg Seed this on Newsvine Add this link to Del.icio.us StumbleUpon

Related Newser Stories

  • Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

    May 26, 08 8:48 PM CDT
    Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73 Oscar-winning filmmaker Sidney Pollack died of cancer today at age 73 in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. His career, defined by classics like Tootsie and Out of Africa, spanned an era when directors wrangled stars and battled studios to make artful yet commercial films. He later grieved that mainstream movies are good only by "accident" in today's Hollywood. More »

  • Jones Knocks Out Box Office

    May 25, 08 5:43 PM CDT
    Jones Knocks Out Box Office Indiana Jones whipped his box office rivals this weekend with the second-best Memorial Day debut ever, Variety reports, grossing $126 million. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian finished second with $23 million; Iron Man showed no signs of rust in third, earning $20.1 million; and What Happens in Vegas and Speed Racer wrapped up the top five. More »

  • Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office

    May 11, 08 4:32 PM CDT
    Speed Racer Crashes at Weekend Box Office Speed Racer stalled in its weekend box office debut, banking just a fifth of its $100 million budget and allowing Iron Man to maintain top spot and earn another $50 million. Racer ran neck-and-neck with the comedy What Happens in Vegas, which also scored $20 million. Made of Honor and Baby Mama complete the top 5. More »

  • Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

    Apr 27, 08 7:02 PM CDT
    Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally Comedy sparked a box office comeback this weekend as Baby Mama banked $18.3 million from mostly female film-goers, Variety reports. Also fueling the 17.2% hike over last year's frame were stoner sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay with $14.6 million in second, and Jackie Chan's Forbidden Kingdom with $11.2 million in third. More »

  • Chan-Li Vehicle Stuck in Neutral

    Apr 18, 08 12:20 PM CDT
    Chan-Li Vehicle Stuck in Neutral The Forbidden Kingdom, packing the one-two punch of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, is "great fun," David Edelstein writes in New York, once the martial-arts flick gets past "the clunky prologue." Other critics are a little more reserved in praising the film, about a modern-day teenager who's magically transported to ancient China and swept up in adventure. More »

Al Pacino's "88 Minutes" opened in fourth place.   (AP Photo/ Ronda Churchill)
Jet Li, left, and Jackie Chan are shown in a scene from "The Forbidden Kingdom."   (AP Photo/Lionsgate Films, Chan Kam Chuen)
Ben Stein's documentary "Expelled" opened in ninth place.   (AP Photo)
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall," starring Jason Segel, finished a strong second.   (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Glen Wilson)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Our editors also recommend:

Threads (1 of 2)

Tags

film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • Jackie Chan  • Jet Li  • martial arts movies



Today's Most Popular


Other Arts & Living Stories

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »