Ocean's 13 Rakes In $37.1 Million at the Box Office

Warner Bros' Ocean's 13 was on track to sell the most tickets at theaters in North America this weekend, with an estimated 37.1 million dollars in sales over the three-day period, according to box office tracking firm Media By Numbers Sunday.

A third version of a successful movie franchise stole the opening weekend box office crown, continuing this summer's trend of blockbuster sequels. Ocean's 13 has joined Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment to help produce the biggest collective box-office revenue in the industry's history.

The third version of the George Clooney-Brad Pitt series reportedly averaged more than $10,000 in each of the 3,565 theaters it was shown at across the United States and Canada.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, in its third week of release, took second place at box office with an estimated $21.3 million in sales. It edged out the Universal comedy Knocked Up, which held up strongly in its second weekend with $20 million.

Sony's new release Surf's Up, a family animated comedy about surfing penguins, debuted with $18 million at No. 4 while Dreamworks Animation's Shrek sequel maintained fifth place by selling $15.8 million in tickets over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Spider-Man 3 remains the runaway best seller this summer, with sales of $326 million domestically and $865 million worldwide. The superhero film was at No. 8 this weekend with $4.4 million.

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