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The top movies at the North American box office

LOS ANGELES
Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:08pm EDT

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 June 27, led by the new release "WALL-E," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) WALL-E ......................... $ 62.5 million

2 (*) Wanted ......................... $ 51.1 million

3 (1) Get Smart ...................... $ 20.0 million

4 (3) Kung Fu Panda .................. $ 11.7 million

5 (2) The Incredible Hulk ............ $ 9.2 million

6 (4) The Love Guru .................. $ 5.4 million

7 (6) Indiana Jones and the

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ... $ 5.0 million

8 (5) The Happening .................. $ 3.9 million

9 (8) Sex and the City ............... $ 3.8 million

10 (7) You Don't Mess with the Zohan .. $ 3.2 million

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

TOTALS TO DATE

Indiana Jones ..................... $299.9 million

Kung Fu Panda ..................... $179.3 million

Sex and the City .................. $140.1 million

The Incredible Hulk ............... $115.5 million

You Don't Mess with the Zohan ..... $ 91.2 million

Get Smart ......................... $ 77.3 million

WALL-E ............................ $ 62.5 million

The Happening ..................... $ 59.1 million

Wanted ............................ $ 51.1 million

The Love Guru ..................... $ 25.3 million

"WALL-E" was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures, both units of Walt Disney Co.

"Wanted" and "The Incredible Hulk" were released by General Electric Co's Universal Pictures. "Hulk" was produced by Marvel Entertainment Inc's Marvel Studios.

"Get Smart" and "Sex and the City" were released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc. The studio produced "Get Smart" with Australia's Village Roadshow Ltd.

Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures released "Kung Fu Panda," which was produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc; "The Love Guru"; and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which was produced by George Lucas' Lucasfilm.

"The Happening" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.

"You Don't Mess with the Zohan" was released by Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman, editing by Vicki Allen)



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