Resident Evil kills it's way into the #1 spot!

The supposed 'last' of the Resident Evil franchise shot it's way into the top spot of the US box office with a $24 million opening (breaking it's own record of $23 million for their last installment).

Resident Evil: Extinction, based on the wildly popular video game, once again confronted Alice (Milla Jovovich) and her gun toting crew against a backdrop of desert hungry zombies. Though Sony Pictures claims that this is the last of the series, the film leaves an open ended oppurtunity for potential 'spinoffs'.

New in at #2 is the critically panned Good Luck Chuck, starring Jessica Alba and stand up comic Dane Cook. Expectations were low for this film, so the fact that it made $14 million was a bit of a surprise to everyone (who knew there were so many Alba/Cook fans out there?).

Rounding out the top 5 includes The Brave One ($7.4 million), 3:10 to Yuma ($6.35 million) and Eastern Promises ($5.7 million in it's first week of wider release).

Next week, contenders to the #1 spot include:

The Kingdom (dir: Peter Berg) - a tense action thriller about a group of FBI agents (Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner) trying to find a man responsible for a mass killing of American civilians in Saudi Arabia.

The Game Plan (dir: Andy Fickman) - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes his first foray into the world of Disney by playing an egotistical sportman who discovers that he has a 7 year old daughter from a previous relationship. Guess what she loves the most... ballet!  

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