April 04, 2005 - Sin City, Robert Rodriguez's big-screen translation of Frank Miller's graphic novel series, topped the box office this weekend. The highly stylized genre flick grossed $28.1 million over the three-day period, according to studio estimates.

Opening in the second spot, MGM's Beauty Shop, the Barbershop spin-off flick featuring Queen Latifah, brought in around $13.5 million.

In third, last week's top flick Guess Who, starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher, made right around $13 million.

Robots, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Animation's latest CG comedy, picked up another $10 million and ended the weekend in fourth place.

Sandra Bullock's Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous was fifth with approximately $8.4 million.

The Pacifier, Vin Diesel's attempt at family comedy, dropped one spot to sixth with $6.1 million.

DreamWorks' The Ring Two, the horror sequel with Naomi Watts, fell four notches to seventh with an estimated $5.8 million.

The Upside of Anger, starring Kevin Costner and Joan Allen, rose to eighth this weekend with $4.1 million. It's playing in 1,111 theaters.

Hitch, with Will Smith and Eva Mendes, earned $3 million this weekend. The romantic comedy has grossed $171.4 million in eight weeks.

Rounding out the top ten, Disney's Ice Princess, starring Buffy's Michelle Trachtenberg, made another $2.6 million this weekend.

	-Dimension

Here's the breakdown...

Rank	Prior	Film Title	Distributor	Weekend	Total	Weeks	Theaters
1	-	Sin City	Dimension	$28,122,000	$28,122,000	1	3230
2	-	Beauty Shop	MGM	$13,500,000	$17,346,000	1	2659
3	1	Guess Who	Columbia	$13,000,000	$41,324,000	2	3147
4	4	Robots	Fox	$10,000,000	$104,596,000	4	3026
5	2	Miss Congeniality 2	Warner Bros.	$8,390,000	$31,383,000	2	3233
6	5	The Pacifier	Walt Disney	$6,061,000	$96,378,000	5	2851
7	3	The Ring Two	DreamWorks	$5,800,000	$68,157,000	3	3179
8	11	The Upside of Anger	New Line	$4,125,000	$8,704,000	4	1111
9	6	Hitch	Columbia	$3,000,000	$171,360,000	8	1859
10	8	Ice Princess	Walt Disney	$2,550,000	$18,554,000	3	1802