The Pink Panther pounced all over the competition to become No. 1 film this weekend, grossing a modest U.S.$21.7 million.

The film, which stars Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles and Kevin Kline, was hardly a box office smash, but Sony was happy with its earnings considering it faced competition from three “new films entering the marketplace, a paralyzing blizzard on the East Coast and the highly anticipated kick-off of the Winter Olympics.”

Final Destination 3 came in second place with U.S.$20.1 million, while the film adaptation of the Curious George books swung into third place U.S.$15.3 million.

Harrison Ford?s Firewall, the last movie to debut this week, came in fourth with U.S.$13.8 million.

Here are the top 10 films this weekend, as announced by Exhibitor Relations, all figures are in U.S. dollars:

1) The Pink Panther, $21.7 million
2) Final Destination 3, $20.1 million
3) Curious George, $15.3 million
4) Firewall, $13.8 million
5) When a Stranger Calls, $10 million
6) Big Momma’s House 2, $6.8 million
7) Nanny McPhee, $5.2 million 8) Brokeback Mountain, $4.1 million
9) Hoodwinked, $2.502 million
10) Underworld: Evolution, $2.5 million






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