As expected, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ maintained its standing at the box office, topping ticket sales with $51.4 million in its second weekend, soaring to $212 million in its first 12 days of release.
The Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson comedy vehicle — a big-screen update of the ’70s TV hit Starsky & Hutch — experienced a particularly robust opening weekend, taking in $29 million on 3,185 screens, besting all estimates by Hollywood pundits.
Projected figures for the remaining films in the box office sweepstakes may be found at Daily Box Office, also a link under Cinema, to your left.