Hollywood, California - Disney Channel's Race to Witch Mountain enjoys the top weekend box office spot and even bypassing the expected gross with $25 Million in ticket sales.
"Race", starring Dwayne Johnson as Jack Bruno, a depressed ex-convict cab driver living in a dirty run down motel in Las Vegas, picking up and dropping off passengers to the UFO convention at the Planet Hollywood Casino and Hotel. One of his passengers was Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), a failed scientist who is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. After riding in Bruno's cab, she gives him one of her brochures and recommends him to drop by and check out of her lectures.
The next day as he is walking to his cab to start work, he is approached by two large men telling him that Wolff would like to see him. He then fights them off and tells them to move their car. As both men are threatening him, a police car pulls up and tells them to move out of the cab's way or he will give them a ticket. Bruno then drives off, later noticing two children, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) sitting in the back seat of the cab. He questions them about how and when they got in the cab. They tell him they need to go to a certain destination and are willing to pay all they have to get there. After Bruno sees the money, he starts driving in the direction they give him, which leads them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke (Ciaran Hinds) is searching for information on the two aliens that landed some days earlier.
The Disney flick surprisingly beats the expected box office "notcher", Watchmen with only $18 Million in ticket sales. Ticket sales for "Watchmen" plummeted 67 percent from last weekend's $55.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"Race", starring Dwayne Johnson as Jack Bruno, a depressed ex-convict cab driver living in a dirty run down motel in Las Vegas, picking up and dropping off passengers to the UFO convention at the Planet Hollywood Casino and Hotel. One of his passengers was Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), a failed scientist who is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. After riding in Bruno's cab, she gives him one of her brochures and recommends him to drop by and check out of her lectures.
The next day as he is walking to his cab to start work, he is approached by two large men telling him that Wolff would like to see him. He then fights them off and tells them to move their car. As both men are threatening him, a police car pulls up and tells them to move out of the cab's way or he will give them a ticket. Bruno then drives off, later noticing two children, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) sitting in the back seat of the cab. He questions them about how and when they got in the cab. They tell him they need to go to a certain destination and are willing to pay all they have to get there. After Bruno sees the money, he starts driving in the direction they give him, which leads them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke (Ciaran Hinds) is searching for information on the two aliens that landed some days earlier.
The Disney flick surprisingly beats the expected box office "notcher", Watchmen with only $18 Million in ticket sales. Ticket sales for "Watchmen" plummeted 67 percent from last weekend's $55.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
