After a break for vacation, we are back and there was some big box office happenings this weekend. Transformers: Dark of the Moon made over $116 million on the 4 day weekend according to the AP. Since it opened last Tuesday, the film has made around $186 million, while this is behind Transformer: Rise of the Fallen's 6 day total, its still a great number. At least until Harry Potter 7.2 opens in a few weeks, Transformers will remain the biggest opening weekend of the year. In second and third place were holdovers Cars 2 and Bad Teacher. New release Larry Crowne with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts made over $15 million, which is a respectable total for an adult dramedy opening against Transformers. Super 8 landed in 5th place, and continues to hold up well even after several weeks in release. The weekends other new wide release, Monte Carlo with Selena Gomez, made $8 million for 6th place.
Next week we get R rated comedy Horrible Bosses with Charlie Day and Jason Bateman, as well as Zookeeper with Kevin James. I predict Transformers will remain in first place, followed by Zookeeper which should take in the same amount or more than Paul Blart: Mall Cop. In third will be Horrible Bosses, followed by Cars 2 and Larry Crowne. I would think that Larry Crowne should hold up well considering many older movie goers will not have wanted to go to the theater on Transformers opening weekend. Check back later this week for reviews of Super 8, The Adjustment Bureau, and The Rite.
-Maximus
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