JULY 14, 2008 TOP 5 BOX OFFICE MOVIES BY TICKET SALES FOR JULY 14, 2008 1. Hellboy II: Golden Army, starring a comic-book demon and released by Universal Pictures, opened in the No. 1 slot, selling about $35.9 million in tickets, according to Media by Numbers, a box-office tracking company. “Hancock,” starring Will Smith, was a close No. 2 with an estimated $33 million in sales. This Sony title, which cost about $150 million to produce, excluding marketing costs, has sold about $165 million in tickets in North America during its first two weeks in release; the worldwide tally is $345 million. Journey to the Center of the Earth,” which stars Brendon Fraser, “Wall-E” from the Walt Disney Company ($18.5 million for a new domestic total of $162.8 million). “Wall-E” has not opened on a wide scale internationally. “Wanted,” a Universal movie starring Angelina Jolie as a superhero assassin, rounded out the Top 5 ($11.6 million for a new domestic total of $112 million and a worldwide $176 million).
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