21 Pays Big at the Box Office

By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/21_pays_big_at_the_box_office_20080331/
Gambling paid off for Sony this weekend, as Robert Luketic's 21 won big at the box office this weekend. The card-counting caper, based on Ben Mezrich's bestselling book, Bringing Down the House, about a band of MIT students who take Vegas for millions, took in close to $24 million in its opening weekend. Horton Hears a Who continued its strong run, bringing in an impressive $17.4 million in its third weekend.