Sandra Bullock finally has top film at Box Office

Los Angeles, June 21: Sandra Bullock took the crown at the weekend Box Office in North America for the first time in 10 years with her latest romantic comedy, according to preliminary sales data issued Saturday.‘The Proposal’ sold USD 12.4 million worth of tickets across the United States and Canada Friday, said Walt Disney Co`s Touchstone Pictures.

The film ended the two-week reign of the bachelor-party comedy ‘The Hangover,’ which earned USD 8.5 million Friday, according to Time Warner Inc`s Warner Bros. Pictures. Also reporting USD 8.5 million was the new Jack Black prehistoric comedy ‘Year One,’ which was released by Sony Corp`s Columbia Pictures. A clearer picture will emerge Sunday when the studios issue three-day estimates. Bullock, 44, stars in ‘The Proposal’ as a book executive who fakes an engagement to her lowly assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to avoid deportation to her native Canada. Inevitable hilarity ensues when she meets his parents. Reviews were mixed at best. She last went to No. 1 in 1999 with ‘Forces of Nature,’ which co-starred Ben Affleck. Her most recent wide releases, 2007`s ‘Premonition’ and 2006`s ‘The Lake House,’ ended their runs with about USD 50 million each. She generally does better with romantic comedies such as ‘Miss Congeniality’ (USD 107 million) and ‘Two Weeks Notice’ (USD 93 million). Bureau Report