Box Office: Moviegoers say 'Yes' to Jim Carrey
Monday, December 22, 2008The Warner Bros comedy 'Yes Man,' starring Jim Carrey, debuted at No. 1 at the box office this weekend with $18.2 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
The film, also starring Zooey Deschanel and Terence Stamp, is the story of man whose life is going nowhere until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: that he says "yes" to everything.
Coming in second place was Will Smith's 'Seven Pounds,' which made an estimated $16 million in weekend earnings. Smith stars with Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson in Sony's movie about an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
In third place was Universal Pictures' 'The Tale of Despereaux,' which made an estimated $10.5 million. The movie - featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Frances Conroy, Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Kline, is the story of three unlikely heroes -- a misfit mouse an unhappy rat and a bumbling servant girl -- whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' a contemporary reinvention of 20th Century Fox's 1951 sci-fi classic, took the No. 4 spot with an estimated $10.2 million. The movie stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, John Cleese, James Hong, Jaden Smith and Kathy Bates.
Finishing No. 5 was Warner Bros' romantic comedy 'Four Christmases,' which brought in an estimated $7.7 million. The film, starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as an unmarried couple forced to make four reluctant Christmas visits to all sets of parents, has now made $100.2 million since opening the day before Thanksgiving.
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