Jan 04 2009
‘Marley and Me’ Wins At The Box Office For Second Week
Jennifer Anniston and Owen Wilson
The Jennifer Anniston comedy ‘Marley and Me’ wins at the box office for the second week in a row, once again outperforming the highly acclaimed ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, starring her former husband, Brad Pitt.
The tear-jerking story about a couple and their lovable canine finished the weekend earning $24.1 million, making it the first Christmas release to top the $100 million dollar mark. The film also stars Owen Wilson.
The Adam Sandler movie, ‘Bedtime Stories’ finished number two, with $20.3 million, and Pitt’s ‘Benjamin Button’ was the number 3 movie at $18.4 million.
‘Marley and Me’ has earned a total of $106.5 million since first released on Christmas Day, and according to studio executives, shows no signs of slowing down. The Tom Cruise World War II bio-epic, ‘Valkyrie’, was this weeks fourth place finisher at $14 million, followed by Jim Carrey’s ‘Yes Man’ at number five.
