After a slow start on Thursday, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" raided the box office for what turned into gold, pulling in $101 million for the weekend, and over $126 million for the four day opening. Senior citizen Harrison Ford reprised his role as the treasure hunting archeologist, after a nearly two decade hiatus for the Steven Spielberg franchise. The families were out in full force for the long weekend, and helped drive the action adventure to what is the second biggest Memorial Day movie opening ever, behind last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."
Getting rolled over, was last week's number one movie "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" which dropped almost 60% at the box office, pulling in just over $23 million. Meanwhile, "Iron Man" stayed solid in third place with $20 million, which was a drop of just 37% from the previous week. Iron Man has now soared past $250 million in total ticket sales. In fifth place, "Speed Racer" continued to run out of gas as it managed just under $4 million.
Last weekend's full top 10 was as follows:
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $101 M
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $23 M
3. Iron Man - $20.1 M
4. What Happens in Vegas - $9 M
5. Speed Racer - $3.97 M
6. Made of Honor - $3.4 M
7. Baby Mama - $3.3 M
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $1.7 M
9. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $.9 M
10. The Visitor - $.7 M
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