Silver Surfer Rules. Always has, always will.

By Jeffrey Jolson

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/17/07 — The darkest comic book hero ever, Stan Lee’s Silver Surfer, ignited the box office this weekend with $57.4 million.

The lonely surfer who must act as the herald of Armageddon connected with audiences as “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” outperformed its “Fantastic Four” predecessor and easily swam over “Oceans Thirteen,” which banked $19.1 million over its second weekend.

Other big hits of the weekend were Pirates 3, which is rapidly closing in on a $300 million domestic gross with a $12 million booty. The surprise of the weekend may be that Universal Pictures’ comedy “Knocked Up” remained a strong No. 3 in its third week.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $57,400,000 – 3,959 – $14,498 $57,400,000 –

1 2 1 Ocean’s Thirteen WB $19,105,000 -47.1% 3,565 – $5,359 $69,810,000 –

2 3 3 Knocked Up Uni. $14,535,000 -26.0% 2,907 +31 $5,000 $90,482,000 $30

3 4 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End BV $12,024,000 -43.1% 3,329 -673 $3,611 $273,757,000 $300

4 5 4 Surf’s Up Sony $9,300,000 -47.3% 3,531 +3 $2,633 $34,671,000 –

2 6 5 Shrek the Third P/DW $9,007,000 -41.2% 3,505 -420 $2,569 $297,249,000 $160

5 7 N Nancy Drew WB $7,135,000 – 2,612 – $2,731 $7,135,000 –

1 8 6 Hostel Part II LGF $3,000,000 -63.4% 2,350 – $1,276 $14,182,000 $10.20

2 9 7 Mr. Brooks MGM $2,820,000 -42.6% 1,923 -530 $1,466 $23,441,000 $20

3 10 8 Spider-Man 3 Sony $2,500,000 -41.9% 1,822 -748 $1,372 $330,016,000 $258

Data from boxofficemojo