“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” wins the weekend, but its only half the battle … will it be able to sustain success?

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” dominates the weekend, but has about $120 million to go to match its $175 million budget… “Julie & Julia” cooks up a strong opening weekend in 2nd pace… the weekend’s other new movie “A Perfect Getaway” opened in a disappointing 7th place.   Last week’s #1: “Funny People” fell to 5th place, losing 65% of its audience.

Overall the weekend box office did recover from last weekend’s low, but still ranks as the summer’s 4th lowest weekend… with the top 12 movies pulling in $133.47 million.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” – $56.20 million (1st week)

2. “Julie & Julia” – $20.10 million (1st week)

3. “G-Force” – $9.80 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 44% from last week)

4. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” – $8.88 million ($273.8 million total)
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 50% from last week) 

5. “Funny People” – $7.87 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 65% from last week)

6. “The Ugly Truth” – $7.00 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 47% from last week)

7. “A Perfect Getaway” – $5.76 million (1st week)

8. “Aliens in the Attic” – $4.00 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 50% from last week)

9. “Orphan” – $3.73 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 50% from last week)

10. (500) Days of Summer” – $3.72 million
(4th week of limited release, was #10 last week, added 34% from last week)

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11. “The Hangover” - $3.40 million ($262.0 million total)
(10th week, was #8 last week, lost 35% from last week)

12. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $3.00 million ($393.0 million total)
(7th week, was #10 last week, lost 36% from last week)

13. “The Proposal”  – $2.87 million
(8th week, was #9 last week, lost 42% from last week)

14. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” – $2.55 million
(6th week, was #7 last week, lost 54% from last week)

16. “The Hurt Locker” - $1.26 million
(7th week of limited release, was #14 last week, lost 34% from last week)

CLICK HERE FOR LAST WEEK’S BOX OFFICE REPORT 

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” poster courtesy Paramount

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo