soft ticket sales for “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3”:Box office

It was an unusually quiet weekend at the box office because of soft ticket sales for “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” and a disastrous showing for “Imagine That,” a comedy starring Eddie Murphy, right with Yara Shahidi. “Pelham” opened in third place with an estimated $25 million in ticket sales at North American theaters, according to box-office tracking companies. After “Meet Dave” last year, “Imagine That” was Mr. Murphy’s second consecutive bomb, selling about $5.7 million in tickets and opening outside of the Top 5. “The Hangover” repeated as the weekend’s No. 1 film, with an estimated $33.4 million in sales (and a new total of $105.4 million). “Up” was second, showing remarkable strength in its third weekend with about $30.5 million ($187.2 million total). Rounding out the Top 5 were “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” with about $9.6 million ($143.4 million) and “Land of the Lost,” with about $9.2 million ($35 million).
From:www.nytimes.com