Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 3-9 July 2009. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which opened in the middle of last week but still managed to hit #4 on the charts, this week was #1, grossing $67.0 million, for a total box-office take of $92.1 million. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen after two weeks at #1 (it was only open for one day in its first week) slipped to #2, taking in $64.0 million, two-week box-office total of $315.0 million. Up slipped from #5 to #7, taking in $10.8 million, for a six-week total of $269.1 million. Year One held steady at #8, grossing $4.2 million, for a three-week total of $40.2 million. Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian also maintained its position, at #10, earning $3.4 million, for a seven-week total of $169.0 million.
Star Trek, too, held steady, at #11, bringing in $2.7 million, for a nine-week total of $250.8 million. Monsters vs. Aliens again showed remarkable strength, climbing this week from #18 to #17, taking in $550 thousand (less than last week), for a fifteen-week total of $196.9 million. Land of the Lost fell from #13 to #18, earning in $500 thousand, for a five-week total of $47.8 million. X-Men Origins: Wolverine also had an up week, moving up from #21 to #19, taking in $500 thousand (almost exactly as much as last week), for a ten-week total of $178.5 million. Angels & Demons fell from #14 to #20, grossing $500 thousand, for an eight-week total of $131.3 million. Terminator Salvation fell from #15 to #21, earning $475 thousand, for a seven-week total of $122.9 million. Imagine That dropped from #16 to #22, bringing in $450 thousand, for a four-week total of $14.9 million. Moon reappeared on the charts, at #23—after falling out of the top 25 two weeks ago—and took in $425 thousand, for a four-week total of $1.1 million. Drag Me to Hell was dragged down from #17 to #24, dragging in $425 thousand, for a six-week total of $41.2 million.
SFScope reviews of movies mentioned in this article:
Breaking the Tie: One More Review of Star Trek by Shane Tourtellotte
Star Trek: I may be the only one who had trouble with the movie, but man… by Ian Randal Strock
The Future Returns—a review of Star Trek by Michael A. Burstein
Please, sir, I want some more (fantasy)—a review of Imagine That by Ian Randal Strock
Insert Your Own “I’ll Be Back” Joke Here—a review of Terminator Salvation by Michael A. Burstein
Beside Himself—a review of Moon by Sarah Stegall