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'Narnia' narrowly reclaims top box-office spot Print Email
Wednesday, 04 January 2006 07:00 PM America/New_York

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

narrowly grabbed the No. 1 spot at the box office for New Year's weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

The C.S. Lewis epic edged out King Kong with a $33.7 million take, compared to Kong's $31.8 million. Narnia had dropped to No. 2 the previous week, below Kong. This weekend's haul brought Narnia's gross domestic sales to $228.3 million in the last 4 weeks.

The remainder of the top five spots were taken by Fun With Dick and Jane, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, and Rumor Has It, respectively.