Hannah Montana tops US box office

Detomah · 05-02-2008, 09:00

Teen pop star Hannah Montana has topped the North American box office with the new 3D film of her recent tour.
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds shows actress Cyrus, 15, as herself backstage and onstage as her Disney pop star alter-ego Montana.

The film took $29m (£14.7m) beating newly-released horror film The Eye - $13m (£6.6m) - into second place.

Romantic comedy 27 Dresses was third with $8.4m (£4.3m). Pregnancy comedy Juno was fourth with $7.5m (£3.8m).

US AND CANADA BOX OFFICE

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds - $29m (£14.7m)
The Eye - $13m (£6.6m)
27 Dresses - $8.4m (£4.3m)
Juno - $7.5m (£3.8m).
Meet the Spartans - $7.1m (£3.6m)

Last week's number one, Meet the Spartans - a spoof film parodying Greek warrior epic 300 - dropped to number five, taking $7.1m (£3.6m) compared with the $18.7m (£9.4m) it took last week.

The new Rambo film, meanwhile, dropped from its opening week second place to sixth with $7m (£3.5m).

The Hannah Montana movie was helped to the top spot by higher admission prices charged by cinemas because of the 3D format.

The film was shown in just 683 cinemas compared with the 2,436 cinemas showing second-placed The Eye.

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Note: Why??? No, seriously... WHY??? Surely there are better movies to watch than that?

Arez · 05-02-2008, 09:10

lol i saw this, i cant believe that many people went to watch it, but then again juno is still in the top 10.....god when it first came out it wasnt making anything then its just gone thru the roof and hasnt stopped yet!

Detomah · 05-02-2008, 09:22

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Originally Posted by Arez

but then again juno is still in the top 10.....god when it first came out it wasnt making anything then its just gone thru the roof and hasnt stopped yet!

I think that will be almost certainly down to the fact it's now got oscar nominations.

Seth · 05-02-2008, 14:40

Anyone else share my hatred for Disney movies, apart from Pirates of the Caribbean which is probably the best thing ever to come from them?

dmgirl · 06-02-2008, 08:20

Why? The TV series is bad enough, I'm not going to see this, no way I don't care is my daughter begs, screams or shouts. She can have it when it comes out on DVD then i don't have to watch it. This is probably worse than high school musical.
Seth, I love some Disney films but agree with you on Pirates, definatly the best yet, still amazed that it is Disney as alway thought of them as children's film makers.