In case you spent the Memorial Day weekend completely shut off from the outside world, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” made $126 million at the box office from Friday to Monday. “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” limped to 2nd with $28.6 million, “Iron Man” was 3rd with $25.7 million, “What Happens in Vegas” 4th with $11.2 million and “Speed Racer” 5th with an anemic $5.2 million.
“American Idol” (you guessed it) obliterated the competition to take the top two spots in the Nielsen ratings. (Congratulations on spotting David Cook as the winner weeks and weeks ago.) In other news, “CSI” snuck ahead of the “Dancing With the Stars” results show for the No. 4 spot.
Death Cab for Cutie debuted in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 with their critically-acclaimed new album “Narrow Stairs.” Frank Sinatra, Jason Mraz, and Duffy, all also with albums in their first week on the charts, were Nos. 2-4, followed by Leona Lewis and Mariah Carey.
James Frey made his first appearance on the NYT fiction list at No. 9 with his widely-praised “debut” novel, “Bright Shiny Morning.” Barbara Walters remained atop the NYT non-fiction list.