Based on Sunday’s estimates:
1) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – $67 million (first weekend)
Disney’s happy, and the Christians are happy, a rare event if ever there was one.
2) Syriana – $12 million ($13.5 million, third week, first weekend in wide release)
A whole bunch of people lined up to see George Clooney after his Method Eating, then headed to the nearest bar to erase the movie from memory.
3) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – $10.3 million (fourth weekend, $244.1 million to date)
A web site recently leaked the ending to the last “Harry Potter” book, which involves a Mexican standoff between Harry and Voldemort that kills Ron, Hermione, Draco, Wormtail, Professor McGonagall, Bronson Pinchot, Tom Sizemore, Tim Roth, Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino. We can’t wait.
4) Walk the Line – $5.7 million (fourth weekend, $77 million to date)
Yet another piece of evidence that Bob Dylan songs (“It Ain’t Me Babe,” in this case) always sound better when someone else sings them.
5) Yours, Mine and Ours – $5.1 million (third weekend, $40.9 million to date)
There’s really nothing else to say about this movie, other than the fact that its time in the top 5 should be mercifully over when “Kong” comes through this week.
