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Tina Fey, Amy Poehler deliver hit with 'Baby Mama'

08:44 AM CDT on Monday, April 28, 2008

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Baby Mama, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's comedy about surrogate motherhood, delivered the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.3 million in sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Universal Pictures laugher starring the Saturday Night Live duo crawled past Warner Bros.' Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the goofy stoner flick that opened at No. 2 with $14.6 million.

With a third comedy, Universal's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, holding its own at No. 4 with $11 million, audiences seemed to be flocking to theaters to get giddy.

"Comedy is definitely king right now," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of the tracking firm Media By Numbers LLC. "Audiences are definitely showing an interest in going to the movies and having a good time and having a laugh."

Lionsgate's kung fu movie The Forbidden Kingdom fell two notches to No. 3.

Here are the estimated weekend sales for the top 10 films.

1. Baby Mama $18.3 million
2. Harold & Kumar Escape

from Guantanamo Bay

$14.6 million
3. The Forbidden

Kingdom

$11.2 million
4. Forgetting

Sarah Marshall

$11 million
5. Nim's Island $4.5 million
6. Prom Night $4.4 million
7. 21 $4 million
8. 88 Minutes $3.6 million
9. Dr. Seuss' Horton

Hears a Who!

$2.4 million
10. Deception $2.2 million
The Associated Press
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