‘Ice Age 3′ can’t freeze ‘Transformers 2′
July 7th, 2009 at 7:22 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” stays just ahead of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”
“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” beat “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” on its opening day last Wednesday, but for the weekend it came up a little short of upsetting last week’s number one. The holiday weekend’s other new movie “Public Enemies” was a strong 3rd.
“Transformers 2″ is quickly closing in on $300 million in just 12 days. Overall, the entire box office was down 20% from last weekend, but its hard tocompare to the opening weekend of a blockbuster and a holiday weekend that keeps many people out of theaters.
TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $42.32 million ($293.35 million total)
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 61% from last week)
2. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” – $41.69 million (1st week)
3. “Public Enemies” – $25.27 million (1st week)
4. “The Proposal” – $12.86 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 31% from last week)
5. “The Hangover” - $11.27 million ($205.04 million total)
(5th week, was #3 last week, lost 34% of audience from last week)
6. “Up” – $6.52 million ($264.82 million total)
(6th week, was #4 last week, lost 50% from last week)
7. “My Sister’s Keeper” – $5.79 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 54% from last week)
8. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ - $2.53 million
(4th week, was #7 last week, lost 54% from last week)
9. “Year One” - $2.32 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 61% from last week)
10. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $2.04 million
(7th week, was #9 last week, lost 44% from last week)
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11. “Star Trek” – $1.77 million ($249.84 million total)
(9th week, was #8 last week, lost 42% from last week)
12. “Away We Go” – $1.09 million
(5th week, was #10 last week, lost 36% from last week)
13. “Whatever Works” – $0.96 million
(3rd week of limited release)
CLICK HERE FOR LAST WEEK’S BOX OFFICE REPORT
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” poster courtesy Paramount
Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo
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Aaron Lafferty covers the film industry. Favorite movies include Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Matrix, Clear and Present Danger, Tombstone, Rounders, Enemy of the State, Rear W...
