'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' held on to the top position at the box office this weekend, its second since being released. The film is a re-imagining of the classic 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' which starred Gene Wilder as Wonka. This version is darker and modernized and stars Johnny Depp and was directed by Tim Burton.
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' took in an estimated $28.3 million in gross receipts this weekend. It has now taken in $114.1 million since its release 10 days ago.
Holding in second place is the raunchy comedy 'The Wedding Crashers' starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. It took in $26.2 million this weekend, a drop of just 23 percent since its opening weekend. The 10 day total for 'The Wedding Crashers' is $80.9 million despite a rare comedy with an 'R' rating.
'The Fantastic Four' held on to third place with $12.3 million. In the 17 days since it's release, the comic book based film has grossed $122.6 million.
Two new films held down the fourth and fifth slots. Both of them opened to disappointing box office. In fourth place was 'The Island,' a clone thriller by director Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. The film was mostly panned by critics and audiences did not rush out to see it. 'The Island' grossed $12.1 million since its release on Friday.
Fifth place belonged to the remake of 'The Bad News Bears' starring Billy Bob Thorton in the role made famous by Walter Matthau in the classic 1976 version of the film. 'Bears' grossed $11.5 million. It perhaps faced problems because of mixed reviews and because of strong language that may have encouraged parents to keep their young children away from theaters.
Steven Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds' starring Tom Cruise held on to the sixth slot with $8.8 million, followed by 'Hustle & Flow,' an independent film that was highly praised at last year's Sundance Film Festival.
The zombie film 'The Devil's Rejects' took in $7 million for eighth place followed by 'Batman Begins' with $4.7 million and the Antarctic documentary 'March of the Penguins' which earned $4.3 million despite being in only 695 theaters.
