'Fantastic Four' scores with $57.4 million debut weekend

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published June 18, 2007

Hollywood's superhero foursome is still fantastic at the box office. The 20th Century Fox sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer debuted as the No. 1 weekend flick with $57.4-million in sales, slightly surpassing the $56.1-million opening of Fantastic Four two years ago, according to studio estimates Sunday. Among other new wide releases, a favorite teen detective had trouble finding an audience as the Warner Bros. mystery Nancy Drew premiered with a so-so $7.1-million to finish at No. 7. The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, George Clooney and Brad Pitt's Ocean's Thirteen, fell to No. 2 with $19.1-million. The Warner Bros. casino caper raised its 10-day total to $69.8-million, putting it on track to become the franchise's third $100-million hit. Rounding out the top five: Knocked Up, $14.5-million; Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, $12-million; and Surf's Up, $9.3-million.

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