The Next Box Office Record Breaker: “Rush Hour 3″

As expected, “Rush Hour 3” is the latest box office record breaker. But more than that it has seemed that the power of martial arts and good humor is as strong as the story of an amnesiac assassin’s trying to do everything for so called justice: in the first weekend of release “Rush Hour 3” has knocked out at box office the last weekend’s record breaker “The Bourne Ultimatum”.
“Rush Hour 3”, starring martial arts actor Jackie Chan and comedian Chris Tucker, has grossed about $50.2 million in its first weekend of release at the United States and Canadian theaters. The third installment has come after six years since the duo’s last romp.
Thanks to their box office’s high scores, both “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Rush Hour 3” are helping to propel the box office tally towards a record-breaking summer. The both movies are at their franchises’ third theater installment and have in come a large number of fans that have been expected them.
In its second weekend “The Bourne Ultimatum”, starring famous actor Matt Damon, took in $33.7 million in the North American theaters, which marked a 51 percent drop comparing to the first weekend of release.
The box office revenue since the 1st of May however have hit $3.6 billion, compared to $3.3 billion last year, and this weekend has been the fifth in a row to top year-ago numbers.
“This used to be called the dog days of August. Now the dog days are not so bad.” – has said Media by Numbers’ chief Paul Dergarabedian, a movie business analyst. He has also added “We’re looking really good for a record-breaking summer, something back in June we didn’t think would be attainable.”
This weekend, “The Simpsons Movie”, another famous movie, has dropped 56 percent for its third weekend and it has grossed only $11.1 million. However, “The Simpsons Movie” has still finished ahead of two newcomers.
These are “Stardust”, the fantasy movie starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Peter O’Toole and other famous actors, which grossed only $9 million and reached only the 4th position in the charts, and “Daddy Day Camp”, which has taken in only $3.6 million, debuting on the 10th position.
If “Daddy Day Camp” has got a very bad review and critics just before its being released, “Stardust” has been expected to gross a little bit much money at the box office, as its cast is quite significant.
But anyway, the weekend’s most important and box office record breaking movies are “Rush Hour 3” and “The Bourne Ultimatum”.

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