Movies
'Coach Carter' tops US Box Office chart
Published Monday, Jan 17 2005, 16:13 GMT | By Daniel Saney
Samuel L Jackson's Coach Carter has entered the US Box Office chart at number one.
Based on a real event, the film portrays the story of a basketball coach who stopped his brightest hopes from competing so that they could improve their grades. The movie took $23.6m (£12.5m) this weekend, displacing Meet The Fockers from their three-week run at the top.
Meet The Fockers took $19m (£10.1m) over the weekend, taking it to a new total of $230.8m (£123.3m).
In third place was Racing Stripes with $14m (£7.5m), followed by In Good Company with $13.9m (£7.5m) and Elektra which took $12.5m (£6.6m).
Based on a real event, the film portrays the story of a basketball coach who stopped his brightest hopes from competing so that they could improve their grades. The movie took $23.6m (£12.5m) this weekend, displacing Meet The Fockers from their three-week run at the top.
Meet The Fockers took $19m (£10.1m) over the weekend, taking it to a new total of $230.8m (£123.3m).
In third place was Racing Stripes with $14m (£7.5m), followed by In Good Company with $13.9m (£7.5m) and Elektra which took $12.5m (£6.6m).
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