Ok, it's no surprize that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came in at #1 this weekend. The movie ended up taking in over $311 million worldwide, giving it the second biggest Memorial Day opening box office ever (with #1 being held by the 3rd Pirates of the Carribean movie.) It also raked in enough to come in #5 in the list of the biggest 5-day weekend draws.
The major question, of course, is how the movie will do next weekend. Though there aren't any real blockbusters coming up at the end of May, the widely mixed reviews that the latest Indiana Jones movie has been getting might cut severely into it's second-week draw. Folks seeking action might migrate to the thriller The Strangers, while others may choose the Sex and the City movie instead of Indy. You can still expect them to be making money by the bucketful, but there's a decent chance that there may not be as many buckets as the filmmakers originally were anticipating.
The other big sequel so far this summer, Prince Caspian, did well over the Memorial Day weekend and pulled in at #2. Iron Man, the first blockbuster of the summer, held strong at #3 and looks to be making its presence known in the top 10 for a least a few more weeks.
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