Whenever Will Ferrell makes himself look stupid on screen and indeed appears in a sporting comedy movie, history tells us he is a huge draw. Blades of Glory this weekend took in an estimated $33 million finishing in top place but it’s quite a way short of the $47 million Talladega Nights made towards the end of last summer.
Blades of Glory was made on a budget of $60 million, so it should easy make a return when all is said and done, but clearly won’t be as big a hit as Talladega. Skating is nowhere near as cool as Nascar racing!
Disney’s Meet the Robinsons came in at second with a gross of $25.1 million, which is obviously nowhere near Pixar numbers.
Elsewhere, TMNT suffered a big drop to fourth and only took in 9.1 million. If the pic suffers another 62% drop next weekend, that franchise may be dead once again. 300 dropped one place to third…… the movie has now made a massive domestic number of $180 million!
30 March 2007 (Sunday Estimates)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Blades of Glory (2007) | $33M | $33M |
| 2. | Meet the Robinsons (2007) | $25.1M | $25.1M |
| 3. | 300 (2006) | $11.2M | $180M |
| 4. | TMNT (2007) | $9.16M | $38.4M |
| 5. | Wild Hogs (2007) | $8.39M | $135M |
| 6. | Shooter (2007) | $8M | $27.2M |
| 7. | Premonition (2007/I) | $5.1M | $39.3M |
| 8. | The Last Mimzy (2007) | $4M | $16.2M |
| 9. | The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) | $3.92M | $15.8M |
| 10. | Reign Over Me (2007) | $3.7M | $13.3M |
RELEASED NEXT WEEK:
GRINDHOUSE, The Reaping, Are We Done Yet?, The Hoax (limited), Firehouse Dog, Black Book (limted), The TV Set (limited)
source – box office mojo
