By Franck Tabouring

Weekend of June 20 – 22, 2008

“Get Smart” stormed to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $39.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

In the Peter Segal-directed spy comedy, Steve Carell stars as a clumsy secret agent who has only a few days to prevent a ruthless crime lord from securing world domination. Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin and Dwayne Johnson co-star.

DreamWorks Animation’s family film “Kung Fu Panda” stayed put at No. 2 with a weekend gross of $21.7 million, reaching a total domestic gross of $155.5 million after three weeks in release. Directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, the film follows the adventures of a lazy panda who must learn the basics of kung fu.

Last week’s box office champion “The Incredible Hulk” slipped to third place with $21.5 million from ticket sales at 3,508 locations. Released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Louis Leterrier, the Marvel comic book adaptation brought its total haul to $96.4 million after a strong two-week run.

Debuting in fourth place with a disappointing $14 million was new entry “The Love Guru,” Marco Schnabel’s comedy starring Mike Myers as a guru who helps a professional hockey player win back his wife. Torn apart by the nation’s top critics, the film couldn’t stand a chance against its competition despite opening in 3,012 theaters.

Meanwhile, M. Night Shyamalan’s mystery thriller “The Happening” dropped to No. 5 this weekend, collecting $10 million and lifting its cumulative gross to $50.2 million after two weeks in release. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, the film follows a couple on the run from an inexplicable event that threatens mankind.  

Paramount’s action adventure “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” ranked in sixth, earning $8.4 million. The Steven Spielberg-directed fourth installment in the popular series lifted its total gross to $290.8 million after only five weeks in release.

Closely following at No. 7 was Adam Sandler’s comedy “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” which pulled in $7.2 million and reached a domestic total of $84 million. New Line’s chick flick “Sex and the City” tumbled to No. 8 with a weekend gross of $6.4 million and a total of $132.3 after four impressive weeks in release.

Two films rounded out the top 10: Jon Favreau’s success hit “Iron Man” which reached a total haul of $304.7 million after this weekend’s revenues of $4 million, and Bryan Bertino’s directorial debut “The Strangers,” which lifted its cumulative to $49.5 million.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” finished eleventh with a total of $135.4 million, while “What Happens In Vegas” dropped out of the top 10 with a cumulative of $77.5 million.

Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)