Indiana Jones Finds the Pot of Gold (original) (raw)

Arts, Briefly

May 26, 2008

Not all Indiana Jones quests bring home the archaeological bacon, but his latest adventure has reaped a treasure fit for Midas. As Harrison Ford returned to the title role after 19 years, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” released by Paramount on Thursday, hauled in an estimated 126millionthroughSundayandisexpectedtoamass126 million through Sunday and is expected to amass 126millionthroughSundayandisexpectedtoamass25 million more on Monday, according to the box-office-tracking company Media by Numbers. If the numbers hold up, the film would be the second-best Memorial Day opening, after “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” last year, according to Variety. The new Indiana Jones film’s gross was sufficient to wrest the No. 1 ranking from last week’s champion, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Disney), which slipped to second place with 23million.Paramountcouldderiveadditionaljoyfrom“IronMan,”positionedinthirdplacewithaweekendtakeof23 million. Paramount could derive additional joy from “Iron Man,” positioned in third place with a weekend take of 23million.Paramountcouldderiveadditionaljoyfrom“IronMan,”positionedinthirdplacewithaweekendtakeof20.1 million to bring its four-week total to 252.3million.Fourthplaceand252.3 million. Fourth place and 252.3million.Fourthplaceand9 million in its third week went to the romantic comedy “What Happens in Vegas” (Fox), followed by “Speed Racer” (Warner Brothers), also in its third week, with $3.9 million.

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