Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 31 July-6 August 2009. The wizards showed more staying power than the guinea pigs. To wit, behind new opener Funny People, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince held on to the #2 spot, earning $27.2 million, for a three-week total of $264.9 million. G-Force fell from #1 to #3, taking in $26.9 million, for a two-week total of $76.3 million. Aliens in the Attic opened at #5, grabbing in $12.3 million. The Orphan fell from #4 to #6, grossing $11.6 million, for a two-week total of $31.1 million. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs fell from #5 to #7, bringing in $8.7 million, for a five-week total of $185.2 million. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was down from #6 to #10, grabbing another $7.2 million, for a six-week box-office total of $390.7 million.
New indie horror flick The Collector opened at #11, earning $5.1 million. Up is finally showing signs of being mortal, this week falling from #11 to #15, taking in $1.9 million, for a ten-week total of $286.8 million. Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian was down from #16 to #19, grossing $925 thousand, for an eleven-week total of $174.4 million. Star Trek slipped from #17 to #21, grossing $550 thousand, for a thirteen-week total of $254.9 million. Terminator Salvation, which last week fell out of the top 25, this week returned in the #22 spot, bringing in $500 thousand, for an eleven-week total of $124.7 million. Moon fell from #22 to #25, earning $450 thousand (more than last week), for an eight-week total of $4.1 million.
Land of the Lost, in its ninth week in release, fell out of the top 25 from last week’s #23. Imagine That, which last week returned to #24 after two weeks below the line, this week again slipped below #25; it’s been in the theatres for eight weeks.
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
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
Please, sir, I want some more (fantasy)—a review of Imagine That by Ian Randal Strock