Ocean's Crew Steals Box-office Title from Pirates
Ocean's Thirteen
debuted to slightly lower numbers than parts
Eleven and
Twelve, yet still topped the weekend box office with a $37.1 million haul, unseating
POTC 3 ($21.3 mil) from the No. 1 spot.
Rounding out the top five were
Knocked Up ($20 million),
Happy Feet: The Funny Version
Surf's Up (opening with $18 mil) and
Shrek the Third ($15.75 mil). The week's other newbie,
Hostel Part II (or as I like to call it, "Poor, Poor Heather Matarazzo") came in at No. 6 with $8.75 mil, less than half of the original's first-weekend take.
Overall, the box office was down nine percent from a year ago, when
Cars opened with $60 mil.
