Evil Resides Atop Weekend Box Office
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction courtesy Sony
Zombies stormed the Cineplex this weekend as the not-screened-for-critics
Resident Evil: Extinction topped the box office with a lively $24 million opening. Rounding out the top five were
Good Luck Chuck (debuting with $14 million),
The Brave One ($7.4 mil),
3:10 to Yuma ($6.35 mil) and
Eastern Promises ($5.7 mil).
Amanda Bynes' modern-day fairy tale
Sydney White opened at No. 6 with $5.3 mil, while
Sean Penn's Into the Wild and
Brad Pitt's The Assassination of Jesse James...[/i] opened strongly in limited release, averaging $51,649 and $28,800 per theater, respectively.
