'Wedding Crashers' Takes Box Office Cake With First Place Finish

'Wedding Crashers' Takes Box Office Cake With First Place Finish

$20.5 Million Weekend Pushes Film's Gross To $116.1 Million

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to its continuing strong holds, the New Line Cinema comedy "Wedding Crashers" pulled off the extremely rare feat of ascending to the top of the box office chart for the first time in its third weekend of release with a $20.5 million gross this past weekend. The figure pushes the $40 million-budgeted film's cumulative gross to $116.1 million since its July 15 debut.

Wedding Crashers ascended to the top of the box office chart this weekend (besting three new wide release films) thanks to another unusually small 20% drop from its previous weekend's second place performance. The feat marks the first time since 1998's "Something About Mary" that a wide-release film has won the box office for the first time later than its second week of release.

"This movie has become a phenomenon, and it shows just how hungry moviegoers are for an original and truly funny comedy in a summer of remakes," says New Line production president Toby Emmerich. "You can't have this kind of success unless your film appeals to a broad audience and you're getting repeat business."

The outrageous comedy "Wedding Crashers" stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get themselves into. Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing "rules," the pair find their way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid's heart every week. But when they crash the social event of the season, one of them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) and decides to break the "rules" in pursuit of her. This leads to a wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the ultimate "Crashers" quickly find themselves in way over their heads. The film is directed by David Dobkin.

About New Line Cinema Corporation:

New Line Cinema is the oldest and most successful independent film company in the world. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising and international marketing and distribution. New Line is a pioneer in franchise filmmaking and its Oscar-winning "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is the most successful film franchise in history. New Line is a unit of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX).

Contact: Candice McDonough New Line Cinema 310-967-6991

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CONTACT: Candice McDonough of New Line Cinema, +1-310-967-6991

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