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The top movies at the North American box office

LOS ANGELES
Sun Jun 1, 2008 12:34pm EDT
Cast members Karen Allen, Harrison Ford, and Shia LaBeouf arrive for a screening of the film ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' by U.S. director Steven Spielberg in New York May 20, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the first three days of the weekend beginning on May 30, led by the new release "Sex and the City," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) Sex and the City ............... $ 55.7 million

2 (1) Indiana Jones and the

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ....$ 46.0 million

3 (*) The Strangers ... $ 20.7 million

4 (3) Iron Man ........ $ 14.0 million

5 (2) Prince Caspian .. $ 13.0 million

6 (4) What Happens in Vegas .......... $ 6.9 million

7 (7) Baby Mama ....... $ 2.2 million

8 (5) Speed Racer ..... $ 2.1 million

9 (6) Made of Honor ... $ 2.0 million

10 (8) Forgetting Sarah Marshall ...... $ 1.0 million

NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new release.

TOTALS TO DATE

Iron Man ........... $276.6 million

Indiana Jones ...... $216.9 million

Prince Caspian ..... $115.7 million

What Happens in Vegas ............. $ 66.1 million

Forgetting Sarah Marshall ......... $ 60.5 million

Baby Mama .......... $ 56.1 million

Sex and the City ... $ 55.7 million

Made of Honor ...... $ 43.0 million

Speed Racer ........ $ 40.6 million

The Strangers ...... $ 20.7 million

"Sex and the City" was produced by New Line Cinema, and released by Warner Bros., both of which are units of Time Warner Inc. Warner Bros. also distributed "Speed Racer."

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" was produced by Lucasfilm, and released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. Paramount also released "Iron Man," which was produced by Marvel Entertainment Inc.

"The Strangers" was released by Rogue Pictures, and distributed by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. Universal also released "Baby Mama" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" was produced by privately held Walden Media, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, a unit of Walt Disney Co.

"What Happens in Vegas" was released by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.

"Made of Honor" was released by Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Eric Beech)


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