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Robert De Niro lends his voice to Shark
Tale |
Animated movie Shark Tale has remained top of the
US box office for a second week, amassing ￡31.7m ($17.6m)over the weekend,
according to studio estimates.
It kept Billy Bob Thornton's
high school football film Friday Night Lights off the top.
Firefighting drama Ladder 49, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John
Travolta, slipped one to number three, taking $13.3m (￡7.4m) over three
days.
In fourth position was the Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah comedy Taxi.
Teen actress Hilary Duff managed a number six entry with her latest
movie Raise Your Voice, in which she plays a girl who pursues her music
dreams.
The film, the second starring role of the year for the 16-year-old
actress-turned-singer, took $4.6m (￡2.5m) in its opening weekend.
The supernatural thriller
The Forgotten, featuring Julianne Moore, fell from third to fifth
position.
The British horror comedy Shaun of the Dead continues to
entertain audiences, taking $1.8m (￡1m) over the weekend, making it the
eighth most popular film of the week.
The Motorcycle Diaries, about the early travels of Ernesto "Che"
Guevara, broke into the top 10 after it received a wider release, taking
$1.4m (￡779,923).
Shark Tale, featuring the voices of Will Smith and Robert De Niro, has
taken $87.7m (￡48.8M) since its release 10 days ago. It has yet to have
its worldwide release.
The success of Friday Night Lights, with takings of $20m (￡11.1m) in its
opening weekend, has been attributed to its good reviews.
Based on HG "Buzz" Bissinger's 1990 bestseller, Billy Bob Thornton
plays Permian High School football coach Gary Gaines as he guides his team
toward a championship run in 1988.
"You can really attribute the gross on Friday Night Lights to the
strong reviews," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker
Exhibitor Relations.
"It's a football movie and has appeal to a lot of high schoolers at
this time of year, but much of the audience for a movie like that decides
to see
a movie based on
reviews."
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2004-10-12 14:12