Based on Sunday’s estimates:
1) King Kong: $50.1 million ($66.2 million, first weekend, Wednesday opening)
For the next six months, people are going to hit on Naomi Watts by shoving her to the ground.
2) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: $31.1 million ($12.5 million, second weekend)
The kind of movie Ned Flanders would enjoy, if he didn’t find the idea of a talking beaver blasphemous.
3) The Family Stone: $12.2 million (first weekend)
Nothing much to add here, except that we liked Rachel McAdams better as a brunette.
4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: $5.9 million (fifth weekend, $252.5 million to date)
Aslan the lion may be Jesus and all, but we’re still betting that he’s no match for a Hippogriff.
5) Syriana: $5.4 million ($22.3 million, fourth week)
Yes, yes, yes, US foreign policy is bad, it’s bad. Could it at least be exciting bad?
