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'Ghost Rider' wins weekend box

Following are the box office estimates of the top movies for the Feb. 16 weekend. Movies in bold played at the Eagle, dollars are national box office, and the numbers in parenthesis are the number of local patrons who saw the show through Sunday.

1. Ghost Riders-- $44.5 million (749)

2. Bridge to Terabithia--$22.1 millon (370)

3. Norbit--$16.8 million (208)

4. Music and Lyrics--$14.0 million (188)

5. Daddy's Little Girls--$12.1 million

6. Breach--$10.4 million

7. Hannibal Rising--$5.5 million (76)

Notice how the local box office tracked the national numbers, right down to Bridge to Terrabithia being almost exactly half the national AND local gross of Ghost Rider.

Sometimes it is downright eerie.

'Norbit' number one this weekend

Following are the box office estimates of the top movies for the Feb. 9 weekend. Movies in bold played at the Eagle, dollars are national box office, and the numbers in parenthesis are the number of local patrons who saw the show through Sunday. Box office numbers are courtesy of Yahoo.

1. Norbit--$33.7 million (431)

2. Hannibal Rising--$13.4 millon (185)

3. Because I Said So--$9.0 million (206)

4. The Messengers--$7.2 million

5. Night at the Museum--$5.8 million

6. Epic Movie--$4.5 million (25)

Stomp the Yard, which also played at the Eagle, came in 11th nationally, with a weak $2.4 million box office. Locally, 63 people came out over the weekend to see the film.