Weekend box office

Sales in the U.S. and Canada, Dec. 14-16:

Industry totals

Note: A movie may be shown on more than one screen at each venue.

*--* -- Movie 3-day Total Venues Average Weeks gross -- (studio) (millions) (millions) -- per venue

1 I Am Legend $77.2 $77.2 3,606 $21,412 1 -- (Warner Bros.) 2 Alvin and the 44.3 44.3 3,475 12,750 1 -- Chipmunks -- (20th Century Fox) 3 The Golden 8.8 40.8 3,528 2,502 2 -- Compass -- (New Line) 4 Enchanted 5.5 91.8 3,066 1,805 4 -- (Disney) 5 No Country for 2.8 33.4 1,348 2,098 6 -- Old Men -- (Miramax) 6 The Perfect 2.3 2.9 1,307 1,747 1 Holiday -- (Yari Film Group) 7 This Christmas 2.3 46.0 1,921 1,177 4 -- (Sony) 8 Fred Claus 2.2 68.9 2,750 808 6 -- (Warner Bros.) 9 Atonement 1.8 2.9 117 15,443 2 -- (Focus/Universal) 10 August Rush 1.8 28.0 2,007 880 4 -- (Warner Bros.) *--*

*--* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2006 (in billions) from 2006 $160.2 +33.9% $8.98 +4.8% *--*

Source: Media by Numbers