It Was Inevitable, Matrix Revolutions

The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for this weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.

Warner Bros.' conclusion to "The Matrix" trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions, dominated the weekend box office with an estimated $50.2 million for the three days and pulling in $85.5 million since its Wednesday debut. The Wachowski brothers film, starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving, played in 3,502 for the five days in North America and averaged an impressive $14,323 from Friday-to-Sunday. The figures didn't beat May's The Matrix Reloaded, however, which made $134.2 million in four days (it opened on Thursday with Wednesday night previews) from 3,603 locations. Overseas, The Matrix Revolutions collected a big $118.6 million from 107 territories to bring its worldwide total to $204.1 million, which is on-par with studio predictions and a new record, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which bowed with $188 million over five days last December.

New Line enjoyed second place with the Will Ferrell comedy Elf, which opened to $32.1 million from 3,337 theaters for a strong average of $9,619 per location.

Disney's Brother Bear dipped only 4.1% in its third weekend out in theaters and second weekend in wide release. The new animated film added $18.6 million to bring its sum to $44.1 million so far.

Dimension Films' Scary Movie 3 dropped 44.5% to fourth place, making $11.1 million in its third week. The spoof comedy has garnered an impressive $93.4 million.

Columbia's Radio rounded out the top five with $7.4 million. The drama made another $7.4 million to bring its total to $36.3 million after three weeks.

Celebrating the sixth spot was Universal Pictures with Love Actually, the new romantic comedy from writer/director Richard Curtis. The ensemble film managed to make $6.6 million from only 576 theaters - a cool average of $11,479 million. Look for this film to build more momentum in coming weeks.

Click here for the full box office estimates of the top twelve films.