District 9 cost a mere $30 million to make, and judging by its performance yesterday, it should make that budget back and then some by the end of this weekend. The alien actioner brought in $14.2 million for first place, followed by The Time Traveler's Wife with a solid $7.7 million. Faring less well were The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which brought in only $2 million, and the teen movie Bandslam, which couldn't even crack the top ten.
Full figures after the jump:
DISTRICT 9: $14,200,000 (new)
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE: $7,745,000 (new)
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA: $7,150,000 ($83,403,000)
JULIE & JULIA: $3,635,000 ($34,919,000)
G-FORCE: $2,100,000 ($94,241,000)
THE GOODS: LIVE HARD, SELL HARD: $2,025,000 (new)
THE UGLY TRUTH: $1,460,000 ($74,462,000)
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: $1,425,000 ($280,163,000)
PONYO: $1,170,000 (new)
FUNNY PEOPLE: $943,000 ($45,843,000)