Michelle Trachtenberg

Box Office: Ice Princess

How is Michelle Trachtenberg’s Movie doing? Last week, it was 10th, and now?

Robots 6th, Ice Princess 12th at box office

Sahara leads weekend box office with $18.1 million opening

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie-goers wandered the desert with "Sahara," Matthew McConaughey’s action tale that took in $18.1 million to debut as the top weekend movie.

Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon’s baseball romance "Fever Pitch" opened in third place with $12.4 million.

The top 20 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and Nielsen EDI Inc. are:

1. "Sahara," Paramount, $18,068,372, 3,154 locations, $5,729 average, $18,068,372, one week.

2. "Sin City," Dimension, $14,154,696, 3,230 locations, $4,382 average, $50,762,939, two weeks.

3. "Fever Pitch," Fox, $12,400,125, 3,267 locations, $3,796 average, $12,400,125, one week.

4. "Guess Who," Sony, $7,018,395, 3,064 locations, $2,291 average, $51,021,623, three weeks.

5. "Beauty Shop," MGM, $6,808,532, 2,659 locations, $2,561 average, $26,124,657, two weeks.

6. "Robots," Fox, $4,652,252, 2,713 locations, $1,715 average, $111,040,714, five weeks.

7. "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous," Warner Bros., $4,184,319, 3,011 locations, $1,390 average, $37,532,083, three weeks. (with Elisabeth Röhm)

8. "The Pacifier," Disney, $3,116,340, 2,375 locations, $1,312 average, $100,566,320, six weeks.

9. "The Ring 2," DreamWorks, $2,867,390, 2,407 locations, $1,191 average, $72,279,279, four weeks.

10. "The Upside of Anger," New Line, $2,500,503, 1,151 locations, $2,172 average, $12,256,474, five weeks.

11. "Hitch," Sony, $1,706,346, 1,478 locations, $1,154 average, $173,678,723, nine weeks.

12. "Ice Princess," Disney, $1,507,317, 1,419 locations, $1,062 average, $20,942,437, four weeks. (Michelle Trachtenberg stars)

13. "Hostage," Miramax, $1,185,551, 1,269 locations, $934 average, $32,234,819, five weeks.

14. "Million Dollar Baby," Warner Bros., $702,019, 857 locations, $819 average, $97,825,712, 17 weeks.

15. "Melinda and Melinda," Fox Searchlight, $520,502, 294 locations, $1,770 average, $2,450,648, four weeks.

16. "Millions," Fox Searchlight, $435,011, 176 locations, $2,472 average, $2,145,138, five weeks.

17. "Downfall," Newmarket, $371,125, 174 locations, $2,133 average, $3,646,687, eight weeks.

18. "Be Cool," MGM, $354,211, 564 locations, $628 average, $55,181,399, six weeks. (Seth Green appearance)

19. "Kung Fu Hustle," Sony Pictures Classic, $269,225, 7 locations, $38,461 average, $269,225, one week.

20. "Meet the Fockers," Universal, $267,605, 299 locations, $895 average, $278,487,890, 16 weeks.