Video Game Spin-Off `'Max Payne,' Beats 'W.' At Box Office!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:11 pm

Mark Wahlberg's action-packed thriller 'Max Payne' finished No. 1 at the box office this weekend with $18 million, easily beating out Oliver Stone's presidential biopic 'W.," which earned $10.6 million, studio estimates showed.

Based on the blockbuster videogame of the same name, 'Max Payne' weaves the sordid tale of a New York City DEA agent (Wahlberg) who seeks revenge upon those who are responsible for the brutal slaying of his wife and his partner.

The 20th Century Fox film, also starring Mila Kunis, Chris O'Donnell, and Beau Bridges, had a budget of $35 million.

Walt Disney's canine comedy 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua, ' starring Drew Barrymore, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy Garcia and George Lopez, finished at No. 2 with $11.2 million. The film has so far earned $69 million.

The civil rights era drama 'The Secret Life of Bees' finished the weekend in the third spot with $11.1 million, studio estimates showed.

The Fox Searchlight Pictures flick, based on a New York Times best selling novel, stars Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Tristan Wilds and Paul Bettany.

Finishing at No. 4 was 'W.,' Stone's interpretation of the presidency of George W. Bush. The Lionsgate film, with a budget of $25.1 million, examines Bush's struggles and triumphs, how he found his wife and faith and culminates with the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

The Paramount-Dreamworks collaboration 'Eagle Eye,' starring Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton, fell to fifth place, taking in an estimated $7.3 million for the weekend and has made $81.3 million overall. The movie is the story of two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met.

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