Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 1-7 August 2008. The Dark Knight held on to the #1 spot for a third straight week, taking in nearly $59.7 million, for a cumulative box office take of $410.8 million. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opened in the #2 spot, bringing in $51.7 million. Journey to the Center of the Earth fell from #4 to #6, grossing $9.7 million for a four-week total of $76.0 million. Hancock was down from #6 to #8, taking in $7.1 million for a five-week total of $217.9 million. WALL-E was down from #7 to #9, grossing $6.9 million for a six-week total of $206.4 million.
Apparently, there isn’t much belief in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, which fell from #5 to #11, taking in $4.6 million for a two-week total of $18.2 million. Space Chimps was down from #9 to #12, grossing $4.2 million for a three-week total of $23.4 million. Hellboy II: The Golden Army dropped from #8 to #13, earning $3.3 million, for a four-week total of $72.1 million. Wanted fell from #10 to #14, taking in $1.7 million for a six-week total of $131.8 million. Get Smart was down from #11 to #16, taking in $1.4 million for a seven-week total of $126.9 million. Kung Fu Panda fell from #12 to #17, bringing in more than $900 thousand for a nine-week total of $210.8 million. Iron Man actually climbed this week, up from #19 to #18, taking in $850 thousand (almost twice what it did last week) for a fourteen-week total of nearly $316 million. The Incredible Hulk was down from #15 to #19, bringing in almost $700 thousand for an eight-week total of $133.5 million. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull dropped from #13 to #20, grossing $500 thousand for an eleven-week total of $314.5 million. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was back down from #22 to #24, bringing in almost $300 thousand for a twelve-week total of $140.7 million.
Meet Dave and The Happening both fell out of the top 25. Meet Dave fell from #17 to #27 in its fourth week in release, while The Happening dropped from #25 to #30 in its eighth week in the theaters.