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Indiana Jones conquers box office Indy conquers global box offices
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The new Indiana Jones film has shot to the top of the North American box office chart, taking $126m (£63.7m) in its first four days on release. The new Indiana Jones film has more than recouped its budget after estimated global box office sales of $311m (£157m) in just five days.
Released 19 years after the last Indiana Jones film, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened on Thursday following mixed reviews at Cannes. Released 19 years after the last film in the series, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull cost a reported $185m (£94m) to make.
It is expected to become the second most lucrative film to open on the US Memorial Day holiday weekend. Paramount Pictures estimated the film has made $151.1m (£76m) in North America, plus $160m (£81m) overseas.
Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian slipped to second place. The first three Indiana Jones movies raked in $1.2bn (£607m) worldwide.
US/ CANADA BOX OFFICE 1) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $101m (£51.1m)2) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $23m (£11.6m)3) Iron Man - $20.1m (£10.1m)4) What Happens In Vegas - $8m (£4m)5) Speed Racer - $4m (£2m) Figures are for Friday to Sunday. Source: Media By Numbers The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, sees Harrison Ford reprise his role as the whip-cracking professor, alongside Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf. Takings in the US and Canada have made it the second most lucrative film ever to open on the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
It took $126m between Thursday and Sunday, according to studio estimates, and distributor Paramount expects it to take a further $25m (£12.6m) on Monday, a holiday in the US. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shot to the top of the North American box office chart, with Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian slipping to second place.
Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers, which compiles box office figures, said the film was benefiting from word-of-mouth recommendations. NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE 1) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $126m (£63.8m), plus a further $25.1m (£12.7m) on Thursday2) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $28.6m (£14.5m)3) Iron Man - $25.7m (£13m)4) What Happens In Vegas - $11.2m (£5.7m)5) Speed Racer - $5.2m (£2.6m) Figures are for Friday to Monday. Source: Media By Numbers
"This is the definition of a summer movie from two of the architects of the summer movie season - George Lucas and Steven Spielberg," he said. The latest Indiana Jones film sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as the whip-cracking professor, alongside Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf.
Over the traditional Friday-Sunday weekend period, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took $101m (£51.1), while Prince Caspian took $23m (£11.6m). Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers, which compiles box office figures, said it was benefiting from word-of-mouth recommendations.
Iron Man fell to number three with $20.1 million (£10.1m). The film's success has prompted Marvel Studios to start work on a sequel, due out in 2010. "This is the definition of a summer movie from two of the architects of the summer movie season, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg," he said.
The most successful film to open on a Memorial Day weekend in the US was Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, which took $139.8m between the Friday and Monday in 2007. The most successful film to open on a Memorial Day weekend in the US was Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, which took $139.8m (£70.7m) between the Friday and Monday in 2007.