US Box Office
The Break-Up, starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, not only beat a certain group of mutants, but also successfully fended off the critics pointing mostly thumbs down. With $38.1 million it not only doubled the industry’s expactation, it now also ranks 3rd in rom-com openers (behind Hitch and 50 First Dates).
X-Men: The Last Stand took a sizable mutation, no less than a 67% drop, now at number 2 with $34.3 million. Meanwhile, Over the Hedge holds on to number 3 with $20.6 million, just a 24% drop. At number 4, The Da Vinci Code still means business with $19.3 million. At a far distance, rounding out the top 5, is the fading Mission Impossible III, now with just $4.6 million.