Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 10-16 July 2009. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which opened on the 16th with massive midnight showings, managed to top the charts for the week, with box office receipts of $80.2 million. The young wizards in love pushed the animated dinosaurs of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from #1 to #2. This week, it grossed $42.2 million, for a two-week total of $134.3 million. Non-genre comedy Bruno was just behind Ice Age, opening at #3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen fell from #2 to #4, taking in $35.1 million, for a three-week box-office total of $350.1 million. Up slipped from #7 to #9, taking in $7.3 million, for a seven-week total of $276.4 million.
Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian slipped from #10 to #12, grossing $2.0 million, for an eight-week total of $171.1 million. Star Trek slipped from #11 to #13, grossing $1.7 million, for a ten-week total of $252.5 million. Year One fell from #8 to #14, bringing in $1.4 million, for a four-week total of $41.6 million. Moon, which last week was #23, this week climbs up to #16, finally showing some strength (and finally appearing in some theatres). It earned $1.0 million, for a five-week total of $2.1 million. Land of the Lost slipped from #18 to #20, taking in $500 thousand, for a six-week total of $48.4 million. Terminator Salvation slipped from #21 to #22, earning $475 thousand, for an eight-week total of $123.3 million. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was down from #19 to #24, taking in $450 thousand, for an eleven-week total of $179.0 million. Monsters vs. Aliens dropped hard, from #17 to #25, earning $425 thousand, for a sixteen-week total of $197.3 million.
Angels & Demons (last week’s #20), Imagine That (last week’s #22), and Drag Me to Hell (last week’s #24) all fell out of the top 25, after nine, five, and seven weeks, respectively.
SFScope reviews of movies mentioned in this article:
Young Wizards in Love—a review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Michael A. Burstein
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