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Show '10.000 B.C leads the hunt with $35.8 Cinema u Movie-goer- s went hunting for their inner caveman as they sat in the dark for the prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C.," which led the weekend box office with $35.8 million. The Warner Bros, visual effects spectacle, which follows a band of people struggling to survive amid woolly mammoths, saber toothed tigers and human marauders, also took in $25.3 million in 20 overseas markets where it began rolling out Wednesday. Opening in second place was Disney's Martin Lawrence comedy "College Road Trip," which pulled in $13.6 million. Lawrence stars as an v ; - over-protecti- dad who tags along with his daughter on her girls-onltrek to (Raven-Sy-mon- e) y choose a college. Both movies put in decent numbers despite bad reviews. "10,000 B.C." opened at No. 1 in 19 of its 20 foreign markets, among them Spain, Mexico, Germany and Australia, said Veronica head of international distribution for t' y Kwan-Rubine- . .... .... Warner. y Blue Sky Studios i Even Norton's best friend, Morton, is skeptical of the elephant's claims that a speck on a clover houses an entire David Germain city. The Associated Press Faithful (almost) 100 percent Dr. Seuss adaptation Roger Moore THE ORLANDO H SENTINEL orton Hears a Who!" is the best cartoon ever to come out of Blue Sky Studios, the animation house that produced the "Ice Age" blockbusters. And for that, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky have Dr. Seuss to thank. All the Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett (as the voices) comic riffs, all the gorgeously detailed animation of dew drops glistening on perfectly rendered jungle leaves take a back seat to the timeless message Dr. Seuss stamped on his 1954 children's classic: "A person's a person, no matter how small" For those who don't recall the book or the excellent (and much shorter) 1970 Chuck Jones TV version, it's about n a elephant (Carrey) whose huge ears pick up a tiny sound from a tiny dust speck. Horton begins communicat put-upo- is true Box Office Compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co. and Nielsen EDI Inc. for last to the spirit of its creator ing with the mayor (Carell) of Whoville, a town that is part of an entire world contained on that dust speck. Both the mayor and Horton pay a price for being unorthodox. The mayor's news that d view of the the universe may be out of whack and that they're all "doomed" if they don't things and reach out is scorned by Who-centere- re-thi- connect the "earthquakes," sudden changes in weather and daylight to what's really "out there." The Whos simply 1. "10,000 B.C.," Warner Bros., 3,410 locations, $10,518 $35,867,488, Review average, $35,867,488, one week. Horton Hears a Who! 2. "College Road Trip," Disney, $13,601,419, 2,706 locations, $5,026 average, $13,601,419, one week. won't abandon their Directors: Jimmy Hayward, view that all is well Steve Martino Carrey, Seth Rogen (as a mouselike pal) and the screen- Cast: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, writers goof around with sight Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen gags and improvised "Cmon guys, we're all Running time: 1 hr.( 28 min. Whe-cen-tr- ic 3. "Vantage Point" Sony Pictures, $7,356,236, 3, 1 63 locations, $2,326 average, $51,536,985, three weeks. one-liner- s; mammals here!" Carrey imperRating: G sonates Henry Kissinger and Location: Opens Friday at others as Horton struggles theaters everywhere hysterically to keep this tiny dust speck he's guarding from ing his dust danger, baby-proand coming down against Nool. speck's surroundings. But as entertaining as it all willful ignorance and They are each hounded by in general is, what's fascinating about their peers Horton by a this treatment of Seuss is the Thus "Horton" remains, 54 veritable rynch mob led by the intolerant Sour Kangaroo way the movie lets us ponder years after he wrote it, a fasci(Burnett), who takes pride that what Dr. Seuss was really get- nating parable for our fragile her son is "pouch schooled." world, a call for being brave ting at. Horton "hears voices" that "If you can't see it, feel it or enough to hold unpopular others can't and is condemned views. hear it, it doesn't exist," she for his leap of faith The huffs. The new "Horton" toon Horton won't let anything mayor challenges the accepted may be state of the art. But its anihappen to the Whos, no matter wisdom of the Whos. It's as if great virtue isn't the Seuss", the late Theodor GeiseL, mation. It's the good Doctor, what jungle society says. The mayor battles Who was straddling two sides of whose writing about Whos the "faith vs. facts" debate, never goes out of style. myopia, the town's refusal to the town's fathers. And Horton, who "hears voices," is roundly condemned as being a bad influence on the other animals in the Jungle of narrow-mindedne- 3-- ss 4. "The Bank Job," Lionsgate, $5,935,256, 1,603 locations, $3,703 average, $5,935,256, one week. New Line, $5,786,032, 5. "Semi-Pro,- " 3,121 locations, $1,854 average, $24,721,340, two weeks. 6. "The Spiderwick Chronicles," Paramount $4,712,945, 3,246 locations, $1 ,452 average, $61 ,633,488, four weeks. 7. "The Other Boteyn Girt," Sony Pictures, $4,048,026, 1,167 locations, $3,469 average, $14,660,260, two weeks. 8. "Jumper," Fox, $3,662,375, 2,563 locations, $1,429 average, $72,446,523, four weeks. 9. "Step Up 2 the Streets," Disney, $3,062,501, 2,251 locations, $1,361 average, $53,016,888, four weeks. 10. "Fool's Gold," Warner Bros., 2,322 locations, $1,198 average, $62,802,900, five weeks. $2,782,416, |