Here's hoping you had a pleasant Memorial Day weekend, free from third-degree BBQ burns and residual beer bloat. After the jump are the final, five-day box office tallies.
In the box office battle of the behemoths yesterday, Ben Stiller gave Christian Bale plenty of new material to glower about. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian outdrew Terminator Salvation, though neither debut was exceptional enough to really pop through in a year of mega Fridays. It remains to be seen how Terminator will weather its bad buzz, though the disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine may serve as some indication: despite opening far bigger than Star Trek, it's now on track to take in much less than the J.J. Abrams revival.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN: $15,300,000 (new)
TERMINATOR SALVATION: $14,845,000 ($28,217,000)
ANGELS & DEMONS: $6,050,000 ($66,161,000)
STAR TREK: $5,775,000 ($167,409,000)
DANCE FLICK: $3,900,000 (new)
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE: $2,100,000 ($157,354,000)
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST: $1,100,000 ($43,238,000)
OBSESSED: $575,000 ($64,483,000)
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: $280,000 ($191,926,000)
17 AGAIN: $270,000 ($59,579,000)
Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo
It was closer than expected in the end, but America's favorite Pope-rescuing Harvard symbologist still outmuscled the Enterprise crew as the weekend's top box-office draw. And with Angels & Demons' supremacy facing a lethal threat from the homicidal machines and anthropomorphic museum pieces bearing down on Memorial Day, let's savor its short-lived triumph while we can. More after the jump.
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At long last, we can put all that mildly nauseating talk about the corrosive effects of Wolverine leaks behind us: The hairy Canadian freak with the built-in rotisserie forearms has proven triumphant at the box office. The results are after the jump.
Not content merely to wrestle with Ali Larter, a vengeful Beyoncé used this weekend's box office numbers to take on Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr., and an entire family of humpback whales. Unsurprisingly, she left all comers in her dust like they were nothing more than Michelle Williams in a pair of malfunctioning high heels. Welcome, then, to the Movieline Weekend Receipts.
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That mints it: Zac Efron is a star. Sans songs, he still managed to open 17 Again to a higher Friday figure than Julia Roberts could manage for Duplicity -- or, for that matter, Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck could for the brand-new State of Play. Meanwhile, Crank: High Voltage didn't outdo its predecessor, despite generally better reviews and a franchise cult following.
1. 17 AGAIN: $9,465,000 (new)
2. STATE OF PLAY: $4,570,000 (new)
3. HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE: $4,020,000 ($47,488,000)
4. FAST AND FURIOUS: $3,840,000 ($128,271,000)
5. MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: $3,575,000 ($153,398,000)
6. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE: $2,650,000 (new)
7. OBSERVE AND REPORT: $1,425,000 ($16,062,000)
8. THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT: $1,115,000 ($49,883,000)
9. KNOWING: $1,105,000 ($71,326,000)
10: I LOVE YOU, MAN: $1,070,000 ($1,070,000)
Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo
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