“Funny People” with a more serious movie tone beat ”G-Force” for tops at weekend box office

Not a huge surprise that Adam Sandler’s non-traditional comedy “Funny People” won the weekend box office… the also new “Aliens in the Attic” had to compete with other recent family-friendly flicks (last week’s #1 “G-Force” and “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”)… and the horror movie “The Collector” opened in fewer screens than a traditional wide release and debuted at #11 with a decent $3.6 million.

Overall this was the weakest weekend of the summer movie season with the top 12 movies making just barely $112 million – down 20% from last weekend and the lowest figure since April 24-26… the box office is being helped by the comedies “The Hangover” and “The Proposal”. 

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Funny People” – $23.44 million (1st week)

2. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” – $17.70 million ($255.5 million total)
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 40% from last week) 

3. “G-Force” – $17.06 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 46% from last week)

4. “The Ugly Truth” – $13.00 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 53% from last week)

5. “Aliens in the Attic” – $7.80 million (1st week)

6. “Orphan” – $7.25 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 43% from last week)

7. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” – $5.30 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 37% from last week)

8. “The Hangover” - $5.08 million ($255.8 million total)
(9th week, was #7 last week, lost 21% from last week)

9. “The Proposal”  – $4.85 million
(7th week, was #8 last week, lost 24% from last week)

10. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $4.60 million ($388.1 million total)
(6th week, was #6 last week, lost 43% from last week)

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11. “The Collector” – $3.63 million (1st week)

12. (500) Days of Summer” – $2.75 million
(3rd week of limited release, was #12 last week, added 68% from last week)

13. “Public Enemies” – $2.45 million
(5th week, was #9 last week, lost 44% from last week)

14. “The Hurt Locker” – $1.91 million
(6th week of limited release, was #13 last week, added 33% from last week)

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“Funny People” poster courtesy Universal

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo