In the calm before the summer blockbuster storm, “Horton Hears a Who” pulled in another $25 million over the weekend, good enough to keep the top spot in its second week. “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” ($20 million), “Shutter” ($10.7 million), “Drillbit Taylor” ($10.2 million), and “10,000 B.C.” ($8.7 million) rounded out the top 5. Will “21”or “Superhero Movie” knock “Horton” off the box office pedestal? Probably not.
Rick Ro$$ (aka Ross) debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with “Trilla.” Snoop Dogg’s “Ego Trippin” entered the charts at #3. Janet Jackson’s “Discipline” is down to #8 in its third week, and it would appear that everyone should make way for Flo Rida.
“American Idol” – shock – won the top 2 TV spots in yet another landslide, its 16.9 and 15.8 ratings doubling up the closest competitors “Law and Order” and “Survivor: Micronesia.”
“sTORI Telling,” Tori Spelling’s memoir, is the third best-selling book in the country. Valerie Bertinelli’s “Losing It,” the former wife of Eddie Van Halen’s account of her battle with depression and weight loss, is No. 1. See the fiction list here.
In other news of interest, would you rather go to a “movie theater” or a “community entertainment destination?” Shari Redstone has a hunch.