Filed under “C,” for Complete Lack of Surprise, Will Smith’s Hancock topped the July 4 weekend box office, with an estimated $66 million gross over the three-day holiday, and around $108 million since its sneak debut on the evening of July 1. Last weekend’s big debuts certainly had solid enough holdovers, though. Wallâ–ªE, the latest collaboration from Pixar/Disney, added $33.4 million to its domestic tally, which nows stands at $128.1 million; the hyper-kinetic action vehicle Wanted, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, pried loose another $20.6 million from wallets, bringing its two-week total to $90.8 million. That’s apparently good enough, when combined with sure-to-be-solid international returns, to guarantee a sequel or two.
Placing fourth for the weekend was Steve Carell‘s big screen action-comedy adaptation of Get Smart, which added $11.1 million to its coffers, pushing its cumulative domestic haul less than two million short of the $100 million line. Rounding out the top 10 were the animated family flick Kung Fu Panda ($7.5 million, $193.4 overall); Universal’s Edward Norton-starring reboot of The Incredible Hulk ($5 million, $125 million overall); Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($4 million, $306.6 million overall); Abigail Breslin‘s Kitt Kitredge: An American Girl ($3.6 million in its first weekend in release, $6.1 million overall); Sex and the City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker ($2.3 million, $144.9 million); and Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess with the Zohan ($2 million, $94.8 million overall). In limited release, The Wackness and the Hunter Thompson documentary Gonzo grossed $145,000 and $190,000, respectively, with expansions planned in the coming weeks.
