Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 7-13 August 2009. Toys-come-to-film GI Joe opened at the top of the charts, taking in $76.3 million. Blogging/cooking film Julie & Julia opened at #2. The guinea pigs and the wizards again switched places: G-Force held steady at #3, earning $15.8 million, for a three-week total of $92.1 million. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince slipped from #2 to #4, bringing in $13.8 million, for a four-week total of $278.7 million. Aliens in the Attic fell from #5 to #8, grabbing $6.8 million, for a two-week total of $19.1 million. The Orphan fell from #6 to #10, grossing $5.7 million, for a three-week total of $36.8 million.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen slipped from #10 to #13, grabbing another $4.5 million, for a seven-week total of $395.2 million. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs fell from #7 to #14, bringing in $4.4 million, for a six-week total of $189.6 million. The Collector fell from #11 to #16, earning $2.0 million, for a two-week total of $7.1 million. Up slipped from #15 to #18, taking in $1.0 million, for an eleven-week total of $287.8 million. Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian held steady at #19, grossing $775 thousand, for a twelve-week total of $175.2 million. Star Trek also held steady, at #21, grossing $725 thousand (more than last week), for a fourteen-week total of $255.6 million.
Terminator Salvation again fell out of the top 25, in its twelfth week in the theatres, after last week’s #22 showing. Moon, too, dropped below #25, in its ninth week in release.
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