New at Theaters (Friday): “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, “The Informant!”,  ”Jennifer’s Body”, “Love Happens”

Limited Release in Grand Rapids market: 
“Soul Power” (The Harbor Theater in Muskegon one week only 9/18 – 9/23),
“Tony Manero” (The Harbor Theater in Muskegon one week only 9/18 – 9/23),
“Humpday” (UICA in Grand Rapids until 9/24),
“Afghan Star” (UICA in Grand Rapids until 9/24)

On cable: “Weather Girl” (on Lifetime network one day only Wednesday 9/23 at 9:00pm)

Moving to Woodland Mall this week ($4.00 shows): “G-Force”, “The Proposal”, “Taking Woodstock”, “Blood Creek”

Best Bet(s): I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, I’ve heard good things about Matt Damon’s “The Informant”, the new horror/thriller “Jennifer’s Body” is getting mostly poor reviews, and “Love Happens” is getting mixed reviews.  I’ll be seeing “Love Happens” and “The Informant” over the next few days… so check back for those reviews!

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New on DVD (Tuesday): “Easy Virtue”, “Next Day Air”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Clone Commandos”

Best Bet(s): I had mixed reactions to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, but if you like this genre and didn’t see it in theaters – you should rent it now.   I haven’t seen the others, but I can tell you that “Easy Virtue” got mixed reviews and “Next Day Air” got mostly poor reviews.

Next Week at Theaters: “Fame”, “Surrogates”, “Pandorum”, “In The Loop” (UICA in Grand Rapids 9/25), “Paper Heart” (The Harbor Theater in Muskegon 9/24), “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” (Lansing only)

Next Week on DVD: “Battle for Terra”, “Clive Barker’s Book of Blood”, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”, “Lymelife”, “Observe and Report”

MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY: 

Playing at West Michigan movie theaters:
“500 Days of Summer” (9.5 / 10)
“District 9″ (9.0 / 10)
“Star Trek” (8.5 / 10)
“The Hurt Locker” (8.9/ 10)
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”  (8.9 / 10)
“Angels & Demons” (8.5 / 10) – on DVD 11/24
“The Hangover” (8.0 / 10)
“The Answer Man” (8.5 / 10)
“The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ (8.0/ 10)
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” (7.5 / 10)
“G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” (7.5 / 10)
“The Ugly Truth” (7.5 / 10)
“Weather Girl” (7.5 / 10)
“Four Christmases”  (7.5 / 10) – on DVD November
“Extract” (6.5 /10)
“Love Happens” (7.0* review deferred to my wife)
“Imagine That” (6.5 / 10) – on DVD October
“Monsters Vs. Aliens” (6.0 / 10) – on DVD 9/29
“All About Steve” (5.5 / 10)
“My Life in Ruins” (5.5 / 10) – on DVD 10/6
“Year One” (4.0 / 10) – on DVD 10/6

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Available to rent or buy:
“Slumdog Millionaire” (9.5/ 10)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (9.5 / 10)
“The Dark Knight” (9.5 / 10)
“Changeling”  (9.5 / 10)
“WALL-E” (9.0)
“Pride and Glory” (9.0 / 10)
“The Wrestler” (8.9 / 10)
“Righteous Kill” (8.9 / 10)
“Eagle Eye” (8.5 / 10)
“Burn After Reading” (8.5 / 10)
“Wanted” (8.0 / 10)
“Defiance” (8.0 / 10)
“I Love You, Man” (8.0/ 10)
“State of Play” (8.0 / 10)
“The Visitor” (8.0 / 10)
“Australia”  (7.9 / 10)
“Frozen River” (7.9 / 10)
“Revolutionary Road” (7.9 / 10)
“New in Town” (7.9 / 10)
“Felon” (7.9 / 10)
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (7.5 / 10)
“Quantum of Solace”  (7.5 / 10)
“Taken” (7.5 / 10)
“The Air I Breathe” 
“Hancock” 
“Fanboys” (8.5 for me, adjusted to 7.5 for most)
“Traitor” (7.5 / 10)
“The Bank Job” 
“He’s Just Not That Into You” (7.5 / 10)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Role Models” (7.5 / 10)
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” (7.5 / 10 )
“Marley & Me” (7.5 / 10)
“Bride Wars” (7.5 / 10)
“The Women” (7.5 / 10)
“Rachel Getting Married” (7.0)
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (7.0 / 10)
“Get Smart” (7.0 / 10)
“The Happening” 
“Bedtime Stories” (7.0 / 10)
“Twilight”  (7.0 / 10)
“Knowing” (7.0 / 10)
“Watchmen” (7.0 / 10)
“Funny Games” 
“Nights in Rodanthe” (7.0 / 10)
“Hotel for Dogs” (7.0 / 10)
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (6.9 / 10)
“Appaloosa” (6.9 / 10)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” 
“The Invasion” 
“What Just Happened” (6.5 / 10)
“Hamlet 2″ 
“Lakeview Terrace” (6.5 / 10)
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
“Hellboy II: Golden Army” (6.5 / 10)
“Tropic Thunder” (6.5 /10)
“Good Luck Chuck”
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (6.5 / 10)
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” 
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (6.0 / 10)
“Body of Lies” (6.0)
“Zach and Miri Make a Porno” (6.0 / 10)
“Noise” (6.0 / 10)
“The Chaos Experiment” (6.0 / 10)**
“Confessions of A Shopaholic” (5.5 / 10)
“Quarantine” (5.5 / 10)
“Charlie Wilson’s War” 
“Mad Money” 
“Dance Flick” (2.0 / 10)

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There wasn’t really any doubt which movie would be number one during the weekend… it was just a matter of by how much… “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” pulled in $112 million for the weekend and $201 million since its Wednesday opening. “Transformers 2″ set a new high for a June weekend, its also the highest-grossing non-holiday, highest grossing non-Friday opening weekend and becomes the seventh opening weekend overall.   “The Dark Knight” is still the biggest 5-day opening all time ($203.8 million).

“Transformers 2″ boosted the entire box office 35% more than last weekend and at $194.97 million, it marks the biggest weekend of the year.  “Up” has passed “Star Trek” as the biggest movie of 2009 with $250 million so far.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $112.00 million ($201 million total) (1st week)

2. “The Proposal”  – $18.47 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 45% from last week)

3. “The Hangover” - $17.22 million
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 36% of audience from last week)

4. “Up” – $13.05 million  ($250 million total)
(5th week, was #3 last week, lost 45% from last week)

5. “My Sister’s Keeper” – $12.03 million (1st week)

6. “Year One” - $5.80 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 70% from last week)

7. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ - $5.40 million
(3rd week, was #5 last week, lost 55% from last week)

8. “Star Trek” – $3.61 million  ($246 million total)
(8th week, was #7 last week, lost 35% from last week)

9. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $3.50 million
(6th week, was #6 last week, lost 55% from last week)

10. “Away We Go” – $1.68 million
(4th week, was #13 last week, added 93% moving into wide release after 3 weeks in limited release)

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“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” poster courtesy Paramount

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

Audiences said yes to Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds’ “The Proposal”… the romantic comedy easily beat “The Hangover” and “Up”… “Year One” opened in 4th place, but is likely to start dropping quickly.

“Star Trek” is still the best holdover movie, losing the least of its audience (13.8%) and adding to its overall total, now at $239 millon.   The weekend’s offerings actually propped up the box office – up almost 7% from last week, making $140.6 million, a total that will easily be surpassed next weekend as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” opens on Wednesday.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “The Proposal”  – $34.11 million (1st week)

2. “The Hangover” - $26.86 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 18% of audience from last week)

3. “Up” – $21.34 million  ($224.11 million total)
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 31% from last week)

4. “Year One” - $20.20 million (1st week)

5. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ - $11.30 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 52% from last week)

6. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $7.30 million
(5th week, was #4 last week, lost 24% from last week)

7. “Star Trek” – $4.70 million  ($239.44 million total)
(7th week, was #7 last week, lost 14% from last week)

8. “Land of the Lost” – $3.98 million
(3rd week, was #5 last week, lost 56% from last week)

9. “Imagine That” - $3.10 million
(2nd week, was #6 last week, lost 44% from last week)

10. “Terminator Salvation” – $3.07 million
(5th week, was #8 last week, lost 36% from last week)

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11. “Angels & Demons” - $2.80 million
(6th week, was #9 last week, lost 32% from last week)

13. “Away We Go” – $0.90 million
(3rd week of limited release, was #14 last week, added 61% in 87 more theaters from last week)

14. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $0.61 million
(8th week, was #12 last week, lost 35% from last week)

15. “My Life in Ruins” – $0.45 million
(3rd week, was #11 last week, lost 74% from last week)

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“The Proposal” poster courtesy Touchstone Pictures

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

The word of mouth and solid reviews (read mine) for “The Hangover” is keeping the buzz going for the R-rated comedy, with “Up” close behind, new movies “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ and “Imagine That” were 3rd and 6th respectively.

“Star Trek” dropped just two spots with the weekend’s two new movies, still losing just 33% of its audience and adding to its overall total, now at $231 millon.   But the weekend box office was down 17% from last week, making $131.97 million, the 2nd lowest total in the 7 weeks of the summer season so far.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “The Hangover” - $32.79 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 27% of audience from last week)

2. “Up” – $30.76 million  ($187.43 million total)
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 30% from last week)

3. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ - $23.37 million (1st week)

4. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $9.62 million  ($143.46 million total)
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 34% from last week)

5. “Land of the Lost” – $8.99 million
(2nd week, as #3 last week, lost 52% from last week)

6. “Imagine That” - $5.50 million (1st week)

7. “Star Trek” – $5.45 million  ($231.88 million total)
(6th week, was #5 last week, lost 34% from last week)

8. “Terminator Salvation” – $4.79 million
(4th week, was #6 last week, lost 42% from last week)

9. “Angels & Demons” - $4.11 million  ($123.21 million total)
(5th week, was #8 last week, lost 37% from last week)

10. “Drag Me To Hell” – $3.93 million
(3rd week, was #7 last week, lost 44% from last week)

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11. “My Life in Ruins” – $1.71 million
(2nd week, was #9 last week, lost 47% from last week)

12. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $0.93 million  ($176.15 million total)
(7th week, was #11 last week, lost 52% from last week)

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“The Hangover” poster courtesy Warner Bros.

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

R-rated comedy “The Hangover” ($44.98 million) burst the balloons of ”Up” ($44.14 million) to win the weekend, “The Hangover” was estimated to lose by less than a million behind last weekend’s number one movie.  But when the final results came in, “The Hangover” was the winner by $800,000.

Will Ferrell’s “Land of the Lost” ($19.5 million) was a distant and disappointing third… by more than $23 million.  “My Life in Ruins” barely made the top 10 in its debut weekend with $3.2 million.  “Star Trek” held onto to the 5th spot despite three new movies… as its slower descent keeps it near the top, adding more to its overall total (now $222 millon).

Overall, the weekend pulled in an estimated $160.14 million, down just a half-percent from last weekend.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “The Hangover” - $44.98 million (1st week)

2. “Up” – $44.14 million  ($137.31 million total)
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 35% of audience from last week)

3. “Land of the Lost” – $19.52 million (1st week)

4. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $14.65 million  ($127.34 million total)
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 40% from last week)

5. “Star Trek” – $8.40 million  ($222.80 million total)
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 33% from last week)

6. “Terminator Salvation” – $8.18 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 50% from last week)

7. “Drag Me To Hell” – $7.34 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 54% from last week)

8. “Angels & Demons” - $6.5 million  ($116.13 million total)
(4th week, was #6 last week, lost 43% from last week)

9. “My Life in Ruins” – $3.23 million (1st week)

10. “Dance Flick” - $2.0 million
(3rd week, was #7 last week, lost 58% from last week)

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11. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $1.86 million  ($174.28 million total)
(6th week, was #8 last week, lost 52% from last week)

13. ”The Brothers Bloom” (LIMITED RELEASE) – $0.43 million
(4th week of limited release (173 theaters), was #11 last week, lost 32% from last week, added 25 theaters)

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“Up” poster courtesy Dinsey-Pixar

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

“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

“Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” clobbered “Terminator Salvation”… by more than $10 million during the 4-day holiday weekend (Friday-Monday), “Night at the Museum 2″ pulled in a estimated $70.0 million while “Terminator 4″ made an estimated $53.8 million.

Last week’s number one “Angels & Demons” dropped to 4th with $27.7 million… while “Star Trek” shows its staying power, actually moving up one spot to 3rd at $29.4 million.  The worst movie of the year, “Dance Flick” opened in 5th with $13 million.

Friday-Sunday of Memorial weekend was the biggest weekend of 2009 so far, with the top 12 movies pulling in $169.44 million… a 29% increase over last weekend and nearly $5 million more than the previous best of $164.76 million during the 3rd weekend of January (that included “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”).

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (4-day estimated results):
1. “Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” – $70.00 million (1st week)

2. “Terminator Salvation” – $53.83 million (1st week)

3. “Star Trek” – $29.40 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 32% of audience from last week)

4. “Angels & Demons” - $27.70 million
(2nd week, was #1 last wek, lost 40% from last week)

5. “Dance Flick” - $13.10 million (1st week)

6. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $10.10 million
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 31% of audience from last week)

7. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” – $4.84 million
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 27% of audience from last week)

8. “Obsessed”  – $2.50 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 46% of audience from last week)

9. “Monsters vs. Aliens” – $1.90  million
(9th week, was #7 last week, lost 40% from last week)

10. “17 Again” – $1.28 million
(6th week, was #6 last week, lost 62% from last week)

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11. “The Soloist” – $1.08 million
(5th week, was #8 last week, lost 55% from last week) 

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“Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian” poster courtesy 20th Century Fox

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

“Angels & Demons” was number one with $48.00 million, but the second Dan Brown novel-turned-movie made almost $30 million less than “The DaVinci Code” (2006), which opened with $77.07 million.

It didn’t take long for “Star Trek” to crack the $100 million mark… with $147.61 million, its now the biggest earner ever for the franchise… passing the $109.71 million mark held by “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986).

“Monsters vs. Aliens” is still holding strong in its 8th week of release, actually moving up one spot from 8th to 7th as the rest of the field mostly moved down one spot.    Overall, the weekend earnings ($132 million) were down for a second straight weekend… 7% lower… but next weekends’ big openings of action franchiser ”Terminator Salvation” and the family friendly ”Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” should turn that trend around.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Angels & Demons” - $48.00 million (1st week)

2. “Star Trek” – $43.00 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 43%of audience from last week)

3. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $14.80 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 44% of audience from last week)

4. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” – $6.86 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 33% of audience from last week)

5. “Obsessed”  – $4.55 million
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 31% of audience from last week)

6. “17 Again” – $3.40 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 20% from last week)

7. “Monsters vs. Aliens” – $3.00  million
(8th week, was #8 last week, lost 8% from last week)

8. “The Soloist” – $2.43 million
(4th week, was #7 last week, lost 39% from last week) 

9. “Next Day Air” – $2.28 million
(2nd week, was #6 last week, lost 45% from last week)

10. “Earth” – $1.68 million
(4th week, was #9 last week, lost 37% from last week)

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CLICK HERE FOR LAST WEEK’S BOX OFFICE REPORT 

“Angels & Demons” poster courtesy Sony Pictures

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

(Updated 5/12/09) With $72.50 million “Star Trek” becomes the biggest opening weekend ever for the franchise and if you add in the $4 million on Thursday, its already the 5th highest grossing movie in the franchise, and easily on track to be just the 2nd to crack the $100 million mark. (See more on the Star Trek franchise at the box office below)

The comedy “Next Day Air” opened in 6th with just $4 million at the box office.

Returns for “The Chaos Experiment”, were limited at just two Grand Rapids area theaters over the weekend with just 225 tickets sold for the R-rated thriller.

Overall, the weekend offerings were actually down 6% at the box office from last weekend’s huge $150 million weekend.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Star Trek” – $76.50 million (includes $4.0 million Thursday) (1st week)

2. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – $27.00 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 68% of audience from last week)

3. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” – $10.45 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 32% of audience from last week)

4. “Obsessed”  – $6.60 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 45% of audience from last week)

5. “17 Again” – $4.41 million
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 30% from last week)

6. “Next Day Air” – $4.00 million (1st week)

7. “The Soloist” – $3.61 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 36% from last week)

8. “Monsters vs. Aliens” – $3.38  million
(7th week, was #5 last week, lost 42% from last week)

9. “Earth” – $2.49 million
(3rd week, was #7 last week, lost 43% from last week)

10. “Hannah Montana The Movie” – $2.41 million
(5th week, was #9 last week, lost 42% from last week)

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Breakdown of Star Trek movies historically at the box office:

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE  (December 7, 1979)
Opening Weekend:  $11,926,421
Domestic Total Gross: $82,258,456

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN  (June 4, 1982)
Opening Weekend:  $14,347,221
Domestic Total Gross: $78,912,963

STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK  (June 1, 1984)
Opening Weekend:  $16,673,295
Domestic Total Gross: $76,471,046

STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME  (November 26, 1986)
Opening Weekend:  $16,881,888
Domestic Total Gross: $109,713,132* Highest grossing for franchise

STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER  (June 9, 1989)
Opening Weekend:  $17,375,648
Domestic Total Gross: $52,210,049

STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY  (December 6, 1991)
Opening Weekend:  $18,162,837
Domestic Total Gross: $74,888,996

STAR TREK: GENERATIONS  (November 18, 1994)
Opening Weekend:  $23,116,394
Domestic Total Gross: $75,671,125

STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT  (November 22, 1996)
Opening Weekend:  $30,716,131
Domestic Total Gross: $92,027,888

STAR TREK: INSURRECTION  (December 11, 1998)
Opening Weekend:  $22,052,836
Domestic Total Gross: $70,187,658

STAR TREK: NEMESIS  (December 13, 2002)
Opening Weekend:  $18,513,305
Domestic Total Gross: $43,254,409

STAR TREK  (May 5, 2009)
Opening Weekend:  $72,500,000* Biggest opening for franchise
Domestic Total Gross: $76,500,000* so far

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“Star Trek” poster courtesy Paramount Pictures

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

UPDATE: Henney in a large part of the movie, antagonist to Wolverine

He shoots, he’s quick and agile, he shoots some more.

Carson City (Montcalm County) native Daniel Henney is a loyal company man working for Col. William Stryker and the Weapon X program in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” … and that means he grapples and trades verbal jabs with title character Wolverine.

Not bad for his first U.S. movie.   Henney does a great job immersing himself in the character as Agent Zero, the marksman with deadly accuracy.   Although he isn’t given a lot of lines or screen time, he does make the most of it… I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him in the future.

Carson City native Daniel Henney shoots it up in first U.S. movie

Montcalm County native Daniel Henney may not be in the poster, but he is in the trailer, and presumably in several scenes of the latest X-Men movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” that opens on Friday.

Henney graduated from Carson City-Crystal High School in 1998, where he was a standout basketball player.

For the last few years, he has been acting in South Korea.

Now the 29 year old will share the screen with one of the most popular characters in the comic book/superhero world: Wolverine.

Henney plays “Agent Zero”, a member of the “Weapon X Program”, the group that gives Wolverine his adamantium skeleton and claws.

Okay, Fanboy alert.. I know, but here’s more about “Agent Zero” from IMDB:  Agent Zero is a mutant who can absorb the kinetic energy of an impact within certain limits without injury to himself.  Click here for more about his abilities in relation to Wolverine that could be a spoiler.

IMDB says Henney started modeling in 2001 and has worked in Italy, France, Paris, London, New York & Hong Kong. 

More on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”: the cast, characters and the trailer 

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