'Museum' extends its No. 1 run with $24 million

January 08, 2007 Universal's quick decision to expand wide the futuristic film directed by Alfonso Cuaron a week earlier than planned clearly paid off as it grossed an estimated $10.3 million in 1,209 theaters. Paramount Pictures also benefited from being nimble as it bowed its schoolroom drama "Freedom Writers" a week earlier than planned, grossing an estimated $9.7 million, good for fourth place. Fox's "Museum" maintained the top spot for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated $24 million, bringing its cume to $164.1 million.

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