‘Guess Who’ Remake Tops Movie List
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LOS ANGELES – Two guesses on who topped the weekend box office.
The Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher comedy “Guess Who,” an update to the 1967 classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” debuted at no. 1 with $21 million, according to studio estimates yesterday. Sandra Bullock’s sequel, “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous,” opened in second place with $14.5 million for Friday to yesterday. That brought the movie’s total to $17.6 million since it opened Thursday to get a head start on Easter weekend.
The previous weekend’s top flick, “The Ring 2,” slipped to third with $13.8 million, lifting its 10-day total to $58 million. It was a solid but unremarkable Easter weekend, generally a slow time at theaters because families are preoccupied with holiday gatherings. The top 12 movies took in $90.1 million, off 7% from Easter weekend last year, when “The Passion of the Christ” was no. 1.
“Guess Who” stars Mac as a black father who learns his daughter’s boyfriend, Mr. Kutcher, is white. It is a reversal of the scenario of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
