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"Jumper" jumps to U.S. No. 1
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Monday, 18 Feb 2008
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Two potential film franchises, 20th Century Fox's science-fiction thriller "Jumper" and Paramount Pictures' family fantasy "The Spiderwick Chronicles," opened to solid business over the extended holiday weekend, while Walt Disney Co.'s "Step Up 2 the Streets" kept an established series humming. "Jumper," starring Hayden Christensen as a man who can teleport himself anywhere and Samuel L. Jackson as a mysterious agent on his trail, was headed for a five-day total of close to $40 million, including Thursday's opening for Valentine's Day. "Step Up 2 the Streets," the sequel to summer 2006's sleeper hit "Step Up," was headed for No. 2 in U.S. and Canadian box office with at least $29 million for five days, based on this morning's studio estimates. Spiderwick" was on track for about $27 million and third place. It was faring slightly better than Disney's dance drama over the official four-day weekend but didn't open as strongly on Thursday.
The audience for "Jumper," as expected, skewed male and younger than 25, said Bert Livingston, Fox's senior vice president for domestic distribution. Fox and New Regency Pictures, which produced the film for about $85 million, may go ahead with one or more sequels, he said. "When you do this kind of business, you always have to think about it," Livingston said. "Jumper" also got off to an encouraging start abroad, taking in $28.2 million and ranking No. 1 in most of its 30 territories. Despite the respectable openings, industrywide results in the U.S. and Canada were down about 14% from the holiday weekend in 2007, according to data tracker Media by Numbers. That's because Sony Pictures' action thriller "Ghost Rider" opened a year ago to a record $52 million.
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