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It also bettered by 16 percent the opening figures of its predecessor of last October, "Kill Bill -- Vol. 1" (which debuted on home video last Tuesday). Part two is expected to match or exceed the $69.9 million domestic total of "Kill Bill -- Vol. 1," Rick Sands, chief operating officer of Miramax, tells the Associated Press.
The comic-book hero saga "The Punisher" came in at No. 2, despite punishing reviews. Thomas Jane stars as a vengeful ex-FBI agent who targets a crime boss (John Travolta) who wiped out his family
Tanking were two movies that possibly were not vengeful enough: "Connie and Carla," Nia Vardalos's follow-up to her "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (which didn't even make the weekend Top 10) and Disney's $100 million "The Alamo," which is sinking without a fighting chance at the box office.
This weekend's Top 10, according to studio estimates, were as follows:
1. "Kill Bill -- Vol. 2," $25.6 million
2. "The Punisher," $14 million
3. "Johnson Family Vacation," $6.4 million
4. "Hellboy," $5.7 million
5. "Home on the Range," $5.4 million
6. "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," $5.1 million
7. "Walking Tall," $4.6 million
8. "Ella Enchanted," $4.4 million
9. "The Passion of the Christ," $4.2 million
10. "The Alamo," $4.05 million
