Still Chicken

Chicken Little continues to do well for Disney, winning its second weekend despite the onslaught of a new kid flick and 50 Cent.

Proving once again that he’s the little chicken who could, the fledgling film star grabbed $32 million at the US box office to take the top spot.

Third was Derailed, the Jennifer Aniston/Clive Owen thriller, with a decent $12.8 million. But the worst news of the weekend was reserved for Fiddy Cent and director Jim Sheridan, who watched Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ stumble despite opening earlier than most of its fellow films. Including its Wednesday release, the movie made $18.2 million, but on the basis of the weekend alone, it scooped up just $12.5 million, shoving it into fourth. “It came in a little on the low side," Paramount’s President of Distribution Wayne Lewellen told Variety. “Had it not opened on Wednesday, I think the three-day figure would have been higher and research would have been on target.”

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