Flightplan Soars into Second Week

(andPOP) - Flightplan continues to fly high, pulling in $15 million despite a slew of other new releases, including swimsuit calendar Into the Blue, which sank rather sadly.

USA Today reports that the Jodie Foster thriller remained atop the box office for the second weekend in a row, with a respectable drop of less than 40 per cent. It has grossed more than $46 million in just 10 days.

"People love Jodie Foster and showed they'll come out for the right thing," says producer Brian Grazer.

Joss Whedon's sci-fi western Serenity debuted in second place with ticket sales of $10.1 million, although it averaged more audiences per theatre than Flightplan. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride fell to third place with $9.8 million. It's taken in just under $33 million... and will face The Curse of the Were-Rabbit next weekend.

Comingsoon.net is happy to say that David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, expanding into 1,340 theatres, had the highest per-theatre average of all the movies in the Top 10. It grossed $8.2 million - more than Cronenberg's last three films made in total in their U.S. theatrical releases.

Into the Blue didn't fare so well. It opened in the most theatres of any new movie this weekend, but only averaged $2,500 in each, for a weak total of just $7 million.

Ticket sales are down from the same weekend last year, but BBC News reports that 11-week-old Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is leading the global box office with roughly $201 million.