A short and sweet little update this week, since there’s not much going on for the genre in theaters right now. Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON dropped to #4 from #2 in its fourth week with about $12 million. Its 44% drop in its fourth week was nearly identical to that of its predecessors.
In its seventh week of release, J.J. Abrams’ SUPER 8 has fallen out of the Top 10. It came in at #14 with $760,000. Meanwhile, Matthew Vaughn’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS made another $335,000 at #19.
Next week will see the anticipated release of Jon Favreau’s COWBOYS & ALIENS. We’ll see how it fares against THE SMURFS. Joe Cornish’s ATTACK THE BLOCK and Jacob Tierney’s GOOD NEIGHBORS also begin their limited theatrical runs on Friday.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. Captain America |
$ 65.8 Million | NEW |
| 2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | $ 48.1 Million | $ 274 Million |
| 3. Friends with Benefits |
$ 18.5 Million | NEW |
| 4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
$ 12.0 Million | $ 325 Million |
| 5. Horrible Bosses |
$ 11.7 Million | $ 82.4 Million |
| 6. Zookeeper |
$ 8.7 Million | $ 59.2 Million |
| 7. Cars 2 |
$ 5.7 Million | $ 176 Million |
| 8. Winnie the Pooh |
$ 5.1 Million | $ 17.6 Million |
| 9. Bad Teacher |
$ 2.6 Million | $ 94.4 Million |
| 10. Midnight in Paris |
$ 1.9 Million | $ 44.9 Million |
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