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Final data will be issued on Tuesday. 1 (*) Ghost Rider ........... $ 51.5 million
2 (*) Bridge to Terabithia .. $ 29.0 million 3 (1) Norbit . $ 20.7 million 4 (*) Music and Lyrics ...... $ 16.0 million
5 (*) Daddy's Little Girls .. $ 14.3 million 6 (*) Breach . $ 12.3 million 7 (2) Hannibal Rising ....... $ 6.5 million
8 (3) Because I Said So...... $ 6.0 million
9 (5) Night at the Museum ... $ 4.7 million 10 (4) The Messengers......... $ 4.4 million
NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. "Music and
Lyrics" and "Daddy's Little Girls" opened on Wednesday, "Ghost
Rider," "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Breach" on Friday. Night at the Museum ... $ 238.3 million Norbit . $ 62.8 million Ghost Rider ........... $ 51.5 million
Because I Said So ..... $ 34.2 million
The Messengers ........ $ 31.1 million
Bridge to Terabithia .. $ 29.0 million
Hannibal Rising ....... $ 23.2 million
Music and Lyrics ...... $ 21.6 million
Daddy's Little Girls .. $ 20.0 million
Breach . $ 12.3 million
"Ghost Rider" and "The Messengers" were released by
Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news)..
"Bridge to Terabithia" was released by Walt Disney
Pictures, a unit of Walt Disney Co.
"Norbit" was produced by DreamWorks SKG and released by
Paramount Pictures. Both are units of Viacom Inc.
"Music and Lyrics" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a
unit of Time Warner Inc.
"Daddy's Little Girls" was released by Lionsgate, a unit of
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
"Breach" and "Because I Said So" were released by Universal
Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co..
"Hannibal Rising" was produced by the Weinstein Co. and
released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Both are privately held.
"Night at the Museum" was released by Twentieth Century
Fox, a unit of News Corp..
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Nicolas Cage's action movie "Ghost
Rider" broke the record for the U.S. Presidents Day holiday
weekend with ticket sales of $51.5 million, while four other
movies also opened strongly, according to studio estimates
issued on Monday. 
