May 15, 2006, 8:21 GMT
New York - The Tom Cruise vehicle Mission Impossible III revved past the box office competition for a second straight weekend with a three-day gross of 24.5 million dollars, according to preliminary studio estimates.
The third instalment of the movie franchise based on a classic TV series, the film lead all movies including two new releases in cinema revenues from Friday through Sunday. A week earlier, it premiered in first place with a three-day gross of 48 million dollars.
MI3, as the much-anticipated first of 2006's summer-season blockbusters has been nicknamed, co-stars freshly minted Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman as the villain threatening Cruise's resourceful spy protagonist.
Second place in the box-office standings went to Poseidon, a remake of a 1970s disaster flick. The new version, starring Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss and Josh Lucas trying to escape a capsized luxury cruise ship, sold 20.3 million dollars in tickets.
Third place went to RV, a road-trip comedy starring Hollywood veteran Robin Williams. In its third weekend, the movie grossed 9.5 million dollars.
The weekend's other new release, the teen romantic comedy Just My Luck starring Lindsay Lohan, had 5.5 million dollars in revenue, good for a fourth-place opening.
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