We love a good disaster
The original “Poseidon Adventure” took in $84.6 million at the box office in 1972. It has long since been eclipsed by bigger disasters. Here’s a look at the top five of the genre (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions):
1
Titanic
$600.8
$28.6, 1997
2
Independence Day
$306.2
$50.2, 1996
3
Twister
$241.7
$41.1, 1996
4
War of the Worlds
$234.3
$64.9, 2005
5
Armageddon
$201.6
$36.1, 1998
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Here are last week’s gross revenues in millions of dollars at North American theaters for the top 15 films, followed by total amount grossed and number of weeks in release in parentheses.
1
Mission: Impossible III
$47.7 (one week)
2
RV
$11
$30.9 (two weeks)
3
An American Haunting
$5.8 (one week)
4
Stick It
$5.5
$17.9 (two weeks)
5
United 93
$5.3
$20.2 (two weeks)
6
Ice Age: The Meltdown
$4.2
$183.4 (six weeks)
7
Silent Hill
$4
$40.9 (three weeks)
8
Scary Movie 4
$3.7
$83.6 (four weeks)
9
Akeelah and the Bee
$3.4
$10.6 (two weeks)
10
Hoot
$3.4 (one week)
11
The Sentinel
$3.1
$30.9 (three weeks)
12
The Wild
$2.6
$32.1 (four weeks)
13
The Benchwarmers
$2
$55.6 (five weeks)
14
Friends With Money
$1.1
$9.9 (five weeks)
15
Thank You for Smoking
$1.1
$20 (eight weeks)
