LOS ANGELES (February 4, 2007) — A Super Bowl sag for the nation’s theaters this weekend, but a good start for Sony Pictures’ latest horror flick.
“The Messengers” grabbed the top spot at the box office, taking in 14 and-a-half million dollars in ticket sales. It’s the story of a city family that moves into a creepy haunted house in the country.
Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore’s mother-daughter comedy “Because I Said So” opened at number two. The Universal release earned 13 million.
Last week’s number one, 20th Century Fox’s “Epic Movie,” slipped to third. It made more than eight million dollars, boosting its ten-day total past the 29 million mark.
Except for those screaming at “The Messengers,” it was a quiet weekend at theaters overall. The top 12 movies took in 71-point-six million dollars. That’s down 12 and-a-half percent compared to the same weekend last year.
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