LOS ANGELES, April 12 (Xinhua) -- American
television's teen idol Miley Cyrus extended her newly-found charm in multiplexes
this Easter weekend, with her second big-screen production "Hannah Montana: The
Movie" grossing an estimated 34 million U.S. dollars over the three-day period.
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Miley Cyrus arrives at the 51st annual
Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters File
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Disney's new Hannah movie, after the success of a 3-D
big-screen version of Cyrus' concert last year, became the biggest-grossing
April movie in the studio's history, and garnered the fourth-highest opening
tally in any April, according to box office tracker Media By Numbers Sunday.
The movie opened in 3,118 theaters in the United
States and Canada on Friday with 17.3 million dollars, the best opening day
showing in Hollywood's history for a live-action G-rated picture.
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Miley Cyrus performs at the "Kids'
Inaugural: We Are The Future" concert in Washington January 19, 2009. U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama will take the Oath of Office on January 20.
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Universal's action movie "Fast & Furious"
finished in second place this weekend with 28.7 million dollars. The film has
grossed a total of 118 million dollars over the last two weeks.
DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs Aliens," in its third week in release, pulled in 22.6 million dollars, placing third for the weekend, with a total of 141 million dollars since its release.
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Singer and actress Miley Cyrus arrives at the 66th annual Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California January 11, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>> |
New release "Observe and Report," a Warner Bros.'
black comedy, debuted in fourth place on the lower end of expectations with
11.1million dollars, while Nicolas Cage's apocalypse thriller "Knowing" was in
fifth with 6.7 million dollars over the weekend.