May 172009
The latest Dan Brown novel-turned-movie Angels & Demons overcame generally negative reviews to oust Star Trek from the top spot at the box office. The film, which again teams Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard following 2006′s Da Vinci Code, opened to much less controversy than its predecessor and earned $48 million over the weekend. Star Trek came in second with $43 million, a strong follow-up to last week’s take.
No other new releases cracked the top 10, so the rest of the list is more or less the same as what we saw last week from third place on down (albeit in a slightly different order). Here’s the complete Top 10 at the Box Office for the weekend ending 5/17/09:
- Angels & Demons, $48 million
- Star Trek, $43 million
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine, $14.8 million
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, $6.86 million
- Obsessed, $4.55 million
- 17 Again, $3.4 million
- Monsters vs Aliens, $3 million
- The Soloist, $2.42 million
- Next Day Air, $2.28 million
- Earth, $1.68 million
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