'Four Brothers' tops weekend box office

Published: Aug. 14, 2005 at 7:40 PM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- "Four Brothers," the buddy-revenge film directed by John Singleton, was the top weekend film at the U.S. box office, earning $20.7 million.

The Kate Hudson horror flick "Skeleton Key" finished second.

"Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" opened in fifth place, with $9.4 million. The first "Deuce Bigelow" film, released in 1999, opened with $12 million.

"The Great Raid" opened at No. 10 with $3.4 million on 819 screens.

In its second week, "The Dukes of Hazzard" finished third, with $13 million. The former No. 1 has grossed $57.5 million in two weeks.

"Wedding Crashers" ended up in fourth place, holding relatively steady with $12 million. The film has made $164.1 million overall.

The nature documentary "March of the Penguins" continued its impressive performance with $6.7 million over the weekend -- good for No. 7 -- and an overall gross of $37.6 million.

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