“District 9″ pushes “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” out of the top spot at the box office, four other new movies try to compete

“District 9″ was number one, but only 4 movies made more than $10 million and one new movie didn’t even make the top ten.  “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” lost nearly 60% of its audience, but the other 4 new movies of the weekend couldn’t beat it.   “The Time Traveler’s Wife” had a decent 3rd place debut, “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” was 6th, “Ponyo” was 9th, and “Bandslam” was a distant 13th, barely ahead of the “The Hangover” in its 11th week.

The diluted weekend led to the 2nd lowest total at the box office this summer with the top 12 movies pulling in $125.37 million (down 5% from last weekend).

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “District 9″ - $37.00 million (1st week)

2. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” – $22.50 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 59% from last week)

3. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” – $19.21 million (1st week)

4. “Julie & Julia” – $12.40 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 38% from last week)

5. ”G-Force” – $6.91 million
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 30% from last week)

6. “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” – $5.35 million (1st week)

7. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” – $5.16 million ($283.9 million total)
(5th week, was #4 last week, lost 42% from last week) 

8. “The Ugly Truth” – $4.50 million
(4th week, was #6 last week, lost 33% from last week)

9. “Ponyo” – $3.51 million (1st week)

10. “(500) Days of Summer” – $3.03 million
(5th week of limited release, was #9 last week, lost 19% from last week)

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11. “Funny People” – $3.02 million
(3rd week, was #5 last week, lost 62% from last week)

12. “A Perfect Getaway” – $2.80 million
(2nd week, was #7 last week, lost 53% from last week)

13. “Bandslam” – $2.25 million (1st week)

14. “The Hangover” - $2.08 million ($265.9 million total)
(11th week, was #11 last week, lost 38% from last week)

16. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $1.60 million ($396.7 million total)
(8th week, was #12 last week, lost 47% from last week)

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“District 9″ poster courtesy Tri Star

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo