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'Hoodwinked,' 'Glory Road' dominate holiday box office

LOS ANGELES — The animated fairy tale "Hoodwinked" and the inspirational sports flick "Glory Road" topped a family oriented box office for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, according to estimates released Monday.

"Hoodwinked," an animated update of the Little Red Riding Hood story, debuted with $16.6 million in ticket sales over the four-day weekend while "Glory Road" was a breath behind with $16.5 million.

A new Queen Latifah movie, "Last Holiday," opened in third place with $15.7 million.

The only other new movie to make the top 10 list was the romance "Tristan & Isolde," which opened in eighth place with a gross of $7.9 million.

"Hoodwinked" received mixed critical reviews but its opening day was a financial triumph for a movie that was made for a relatively paltry $15 to $20 million.

Overall, the top 12 films grossed an estimated $125.4 million, down about 12 percent from last year's $142.7 million.

1. "Hoodwinked," Weinstein Co., $16.6 million.

2. "Glory Road," Disney, $16.5 million.

3. "Last Holiday," Paramount, $15.7 million.

4. "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Disney, $12.2 million.

5. "Hostel," Lions Gate, $11.7 million.

6. "Fun With Dick and Jane," Sony, $10.3 million.

7. "King Kong," Universal, $9.2 million.

8. "Tristan & Isolde," 20th Century Fox, $7.9 million.

9. "Brokeback Mountain," Focus, $7.1 million.

10. "Cheaper by the Dozen 2," 20th Century Fox, $6.8 million.

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