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'Wall-E' Rolls Into Top Spot With $62.5 Million

'Wall-E' Rolls Into Top Spot With $62.5 Million
Copyright 2008 Disney

Angelina Jolie's 'Wanted' No. 2 with $51 million.

Pixar and Disney's animated robot love story 'WALL-E' finished first in the weekend box office race with an estimated $62.5 million, the third highest opening for a Pixar film.  

The family flick, utilizing the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger and Sigourney Weaver, was in a league with 'The Incredibles,' which debuted at $70.4 million in 2004, and Pixar's 'Finding Nemo,' which opened with $70.2 million in 2003.

The movie's main character WALL-E -- an acronym for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class -- is a mobile trash compactor in the year 2700 who discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. The two develop a romance and embark on an adventurous journey across the universe with a cast of characters including a pet cockroach and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.  

In the No. 2 position was 'Wanted,' an action-packed thriller by Universal Pictures that earned an estimated $51.1 million for the weekend. The movie stars Angelina Jolie, who's sexy character recruits a neurotic account manager (James McAvoy) into a secret society and trains him to avenge his dad's death by unlocking powers.

'Get Smart,' fell from No. 1 last week to third, making an estimated $20 million. The Warner Bros action comedy stars Steve Carell as bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart, who teams up with his lovely sidekick Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) to battle an evil crime nemesis known as KAOS. 

The DreamWorks animated comedy 'Kung Fu Panda' finished in fourth with an estimated $11.7 million. 

'The Incredible Hulk,' a $150 million collaboration between Marvel Studios and Universal Pictures, finished in fifth place this weekend, making an estimated $9.2 million.

Posted June 29, 2008 10:02:00 AM
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