“Up” floats high above the weekend box office competition

“Up” beat other newcomer “Drag Me To Hell” easily, but its estimated $68.20 million also beat last week’s number one “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” ($16.63 million) by more than 2-to-1.  “Star Trek” is still slowing its descent, losing the least of its audience and falling slower than the rest of the top 10 movies… a trend not as strong, but reminiscent of “Iron Man” last summer.  We’ll have to see if “Star Trek” can hold on another 16 weeks and/or earn another $118 million to match “Iron Man”… or if this summer’s blockbusters are just too much to keep it around long enough.

Overall, the weekend pulled in an estimated $162.99 million, that would make it the 3rd best weekend so far, but down 4% from the memorial day weekend that stands as the biggest weekend of 2009 (actual $169.81 million).

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Up” – $68.20 million (1st week)

2. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $25.50 million  ($105.29 million total)
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 53% of audience from last week)

3. “Drag Me To Hell” – $16.63 million (1st week)

4. “Terminator Salvation” – $16.14 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 62% from last week)

5. “Star Trek” – $12.80 million  ($209.50 million total)
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 44% from last week)

6. “Angels & Demons” - $11.20 million  ($104.76 million total)
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 48% from last week)

7. “Dance Flick” - $4.9 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 54% from last week)

8. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $3.90 million  ($170.87 million total)
(54th week, was #6 last week, lost 52% from last week)

9. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” – $1.91 million
(5th week, was #7 last week, lost 51% from last week)

10. “Obsessed”  – $0.67 million
(6th week, was #8 last week, lost 66% from last week)

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11. “The Brothers Bloom” (LIMITED RELEASE) – $0.65 million
(3rd week of limited release (148 theaters), was #15 this week, gained 70% from last week, added 96 theaters)

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“Up” poster courtesy Dinsey-Pixar

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo