21 Is a Winner at the Box Office
Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth in 21 courtesy Sony Pictures
The caper drama
21, in which card-counting MIT eggheads look to break the bank at a Vegas casino, topped the weekend box office with a $23.7 million haul. Placing second was
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, which with $17.4 mil brought its total-to-date to $117.2 million.
Rounding out the weekend's top five were
Superhero Movie (opening with $9.5 mil),
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns ($7.8 mil) and
Drillbit Taylor ($5.8 mil).
Among other new arrivals,
Stop-Loss' attempt to soft-pedal its Iraq War theme via
O.C.-like marketing was for naught, as it grossed a mere $4.5 mil, landing it at No. 8. -
MWM