Ice Age 2 # 1 again

Kids ruled the box office this weekend as a cartoon and kid-friendly movie were the top two movies. "Ice Age 2" garnered $34.5 million (and surpassed the $100 million mark) and "The Benchwarmers" earned a strong $20.5 million. The David Spade movie has a budget of about $33 million (not including marketing).

Next week, "Scary Movie 4" opens and will most likely be the number #1 movie. Also, "Thank you for Smoking" expands into an additional 1,000 theaters so that should also continue to do well ($8,0o0 per theater is the average; the only movie in the top 10 that has a better average is Ice Age 2 with about $8,700 per theater).

Weekend Box Office*
April 7 to 9

1. Ice Age 2 - $34.5 million
2. The Benchwarmers - $20.5 million
3. Take the Lead - $12.8 million
4. Inside Man - $9.2 million
5. Lucky Number Slevin - $7.1 million

*estimates