Weekend Box Office
1) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $42.5 million
2) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $42.5 million
3) Public Enemies $26.1 million
4) The Proposal $12.7 million
5) The Hangover $10.4 million
6) Up $6.5 million
7) My Sister's Keeper $5.2 million
8) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 $2.5 million
9) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $2.1 million
10) Year One $2.1 million
It was the squirrel versus the giant robot this holiday weekend as both Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen went head to head, tying for first place with $42.5 million apiece. The 20th Century Fox animated Ice Age reteamed Ray Romano, Dennis Leary, John Leguizamo, and Queen Latifah for their third adventure together, and the film was a hit with audiences. Despite it's standing at the top of the weekend charts, the film failed to bring in the same opening weekend grosses as its two predecessors. The original Ice Age earned $68 million when it opened in March of 2002, and Ice Age: The Meltdown brought in $46.3 million when it premiered in March of 2006.
Still going strong, Michael Bay's giant robot sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen held court with a second weekend take of $42.5 million. So far, it's earned $293 million domestically, becoming only the 31st highest grossing film of all time. Across the globe, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox have helped to pull in an amazing $591 million, making it the biggest event movie of the year. It'll be tough to beat this one. Not even the star power of Johnny Depp and Christian Bale could do much to energize filmgoers over this Fourth of July weekend. Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which looks at John Dillinger's criminal life, dropped in at number three with a less than stellar take of $26.1 million. Both critics and audiences had mixed reactions to this one, and it probably won't be sticking around the box office charts for very long this summer.
Kathryn Bigalow's The Hurt Locker stayed at the top of the per-screen average charts, pulling in another $126,000 on its allotted nine screens. The only other new film released this weekend was the Parisian drama The Girl from Monaco, directed by Anne Fontaine. It managed to pull in $90,000 playing on 21 screens across the country.
Next weekend will belong to one man, and his name is Bruno. Also competing for laughs will be Chris Columbus' return to teen angst with I Love You, Beth Cooper and the romantic comedy Weather Girl. With films like these, you can pretty much bet that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
The Hangover was released June 5th, 2009 and stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong. The film is directed by Todd Phillips.
Up was released May 29th, 2009 and stars Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, David Kaye. The film is directed by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 was released June 12th, 2009 and stars Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, John Turturro, Michael Rispoli, Ramon Rodriguez, James Gandolfini. The film is directed by Tony Scott.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was released May 22nd, 2009 and stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Steve Coogan. The film is directed by Shawn Levy.
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Shelley
I agree, it will be close to $400 milliion domestically. Just like they predicted $600 million worldwide it now stands at approximately $591. The numbers are estimates but they are always very close to actual numbers which will be released later on today.
3 years agoby @shelleyFlag
MovieBuff
These are unofficial numbers. It'll be close but we'll see who finishes number one on Monday evening after the official talley.
And 400 million is no guarantee for Transformers, but if it doesn't get there, it'll get damn close.
3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag
mikehd
i so public enemies this weekend and it was ok but i work at a movie theater and people always tell you what they think of a movie on there way out and most people didn't like and older people tell me that the older movies where much better john dilenger was more ruthless
3 years agoby @mikehdFlag
kingbrady
thats why i dont take my son to see cartoon movies like that anymore, Up was a great movie but he didnt want too, Monsters vs Aliens was good b/c its a fight, my son (age 9) would rather see harry potter 6 then any cartoon movie
3 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
ed_wood
Public Enemies was really good, Ice Age was ok. My daughter asked twice if we could leave during the movie.
3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
The Cryptkeeper
I'm surprised Ice Age is doing that well, considering I never saw one trailer for it on TV, or in theaters.
3 years agoby @americanpsychoFlag
mystery-man
i dont think transformers is gonna get top box office because it has to compete against BRUNO hilarious cant wait and who cares bout the other 2
3 years agoby @nivleFlag
CelluloidDreams
Director Michae Mann ("Public Enemies") fails at getting the audience to root for Dillinger like you do with Bonnie and Clyde. Public Enemies is too dry, lacking a certain emotional core that could have put it on the top 10 lists
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
CelluloidDreams
"Public Enemies" was all hype and cast and nothing much else...I was not that impressed ....I'm sorry Johnny Depp didn't have the charisma to pull off the part of John Dillinger!!
Expect good but not great. Despite the clear talent behind this highly competent film, it is a little disappointing "Public Enemies" is not as Best!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
kingbrady
$400 million is not a stretch at all for transformers, it has during the week ($30 million or so) and no blockbusters next weekend, but it will be hard nonetheless
3 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
Structure (ONSTRA)
wait so who's #1
3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
kingbrady
thats not my point newkill, my point is regardless of how accurate box office mojo is, its still unofficial, i know for a fact neither movie will be higher than $45 million, i am just saying how they predict Sunday #s at 2-3pm knowing they still have x amount of shows left
3 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
mikehd
its already at 293 million in 12 days it'll make it to 400 million even if don't it's still the biggest money maker of the yeat congratulation michael bay and steven spielberg
3 years agoby @mikehdFlag
Shelleynumber2
I agree, box office mojo has the most accurate numbers.
3 years agoby @shelleynumber2Flag
iatehisliver
ice age 2 did 68 million ice age 1 did 46 million and transformers wnt make it to 400 million hahaha
3 years agoby @iatehisliverFlag
Newkill3000
Kingbrady, Yahoo box office are the most inaccurate pieces of sh*t sites to go to. These are great estimates given from Mojo and they've always been top notch close. If you think the numbers will be any higher, like in the 50 mil or something, then your pretty dumb and you need to really learn how the box office works.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
WiseGuy
Whatever. I dont give a sh*t.
3 years agoby @zgcorleone072Flag
mikehd
go transformers but happy to here both movies are doing well
3 years agoby @mikehdFlag
JonSpidey07
WOW!
what a match
these two movies are in an epic battle
3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
kingbrady
thats bullsh*t they are unofficial numbers check by tuesday afternoon on yahoo movies, guarantee the #s are not $42.5 million
Also I love you beth cooper, if that does more then $10 million next weekend, people have too much time on their hands, i would rather see Transformers for a third time then beth cooper, Bruno is a guaranteed laugh.........swapped the baby for an ipod lol classic
3 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
Messenger
LOL HOW THE HELL! That is funny.
3 years agoby @messengerFlag