Box Office: G-Force Dethrowns Harry Potter
Ahh, the power of Jerry Bruckheimer. Hi kids action movie managed to throw Harry Potter from the number 1 spot this weekend with $32.1 million. The 6th Harry Potter film moved down to #2 with $30 million. Box Office experts were expecting Harry Potter to hold on to the number one spot with G-Force debuting number two.
This weekend’s other newcomers ‘The Ugly Truth’ opened at #3 with $27 million and ‘The Orphan’ opened at #4 with $12.7 million. Rounding out the top top 5, Ice Age 3 fell to #5 with $8.2 million.
In its second weekend of release, ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ has managed to pull in $627.1 million,making it the fourth highest grossing movie for 2009.
Weekends Top 10
1 G-Force – $32,152,000
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – $30,000,000
3 The Ugly Truth – $27,000,000
4 Orphan – $12,770,000
5 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – $8,200,000
6 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – $8,000,000
7 The Hangover – 6,465,000
8 The Proposal – $6,423,000
9 Public Enemies – $4,170,000
10 Bruno – $2,719,000
Coming out on July 31st, we have the craptastic looking ‘Aliens in the Attic’ and ‘Funny People’ the 3rd offering from Judd Apatow.
| 1 | N | G-Force | BV | $32,152,000 | - | 3,697 | - | $8,697 | $32,185,000 | - | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | WB | $30,000,000 | -61.5% | 4,325 | - | $6,936 | $221,834,000 | $250 | 2 |
| 3 | N | The Ugly Truth | Sony | $27,000,000 | - | 2,882 | +2,717 | $9,368 | $27,000,000 | $38 | 1 |
| 4 | N | Orphan | WB | $12,770,000 | - | 2,750 | - | $4,644 | $12,770,000 | - | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Fox | $8,200,000 | -53.3% | 3,300 | -517 | $2,485 | $171,291,000 | $90 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | P/DW | $8,000,000 | -41.6% | 3,237 | -620 | $2,471 | $379,090,000 | $250 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | The Hangover | WB | $6,465,000 | -20.9% | 2,285 | -382 | $2,829 | $247,077,000 | $35 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | The Proposal | BV | $6,423,000 | -22.5% | 2,779 | -264 | $2,311 | $140,086,000 | $40 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | Public Enemies | Uni. | $4,170,000 | -46.2% | 2,291 | -827 | $1,820 | $88,096,000 | $100 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Bruno | Uni. | $2,719,000 | -67.3% | 1,895 | -864 | $1,435 | $56,516,000 | - | 3 |
