Miami Vice Speeds to the Top of the Box Office

Posted on July 31, 2006

Miami Vice topped the box office this past weekend, making $25,195,000 towards its production cost of $135,000,000. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest came in second, with a mind-boggling U.S. gross to date of $358,372,000.

Fox's John Tucker Must Die came in third with $14,075,000, despite scathing reviews. The Ant Bully was a big disappointment for Warner Bros, making only $8,145,000. Perhaps parents weren't keen on taking children to a film in which the ants are the heroes and the exterminator is the villain, given how much most homeowners despise fire ants.

Scoop, the new Scarlett Johansson/Hugh Jackman murder mystery directed by Woody Allen, opened in limited release; the film took in a very nice $5,581 per theater, with a gross of $3,003,000. Woody Allen clearly has found a new muse in Scarlett. We loved the slyly subversive Match Point and are looking forward to catching Scoop.

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