LOS ANGELES – The third weekend was still a charm for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” which remained the top movie with $20.45 million.
Charlize Theron’s sci-fi tale “Aeon Flux,” a movie that distributor Paramount did not screen beforehand for critics, still managed to debut in second place with $13.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
With “Aeon Flux” the only notable new wide release, the remainder of the top 10 was filled out with holdover flicks, led by 20th Century Fox’s Johnny Cash chronicle “Walk the Line,” the No. 3 movie with $10 million.
Hollywood is in the midst of a prolonged slump, with attendance down 8 percent compared to 2004, though studios are preparing for a brisk December with such films as “King Kong,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “The Producers” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich.”
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