The weekend’s big winner is no surprise. Not only because it opened without competition, but because the Potter movies typically have everything that makes a movie great. With this installment being perhaps the most action-packed and drama heavy so far, the belief that the movies only get better as the series goes on continues to hold ground.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince more than quadrupled the weekend returns of its closest competitor Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Ice Age has had a remarkable showing these past few weeks, which seems to express the power of children’s movies during the summer. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen takes 3rd and is the only other movie to get more than $10 million for the weekend, which considering the competition isn’t as bad as it seems. Bruno dropped to 4th, barely beating out The Hangover which still remains in the top five even after seven weeks in the box office. If you haven’t seen it yet, what are you waiting for?
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week # 1 N Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $79,475,000 – $159,662,000 1 2 2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $17,700,000 -35.9% $152,005,000 3 3 3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $13,750,000 -43.2% $363,867,000 4 4 1 Bruno Uni. $8,374,000 -72.7% $49,588,000 2 5 6 The Hangover WB $8,315,000 -16.3% $235,882,000 7 6 5 The Proposal BV $8,294,000 -21.8% $128,087,000 5 7 4 Public Enemies Uni. $7,592,000 -45.0% $79,483,000 3 8 8 Up BV $3,147,000 -33.3% $279,559,000 8 9 9 My Sister’s Keeper WB $2,825,000 -34.2% $41,504,000 4 10 7 I Love You Beth Cooper Fox $2,665,000 -45.8% $10,261,000 2 11 10 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Sony $885,000 -42.7% $62,896,000 6 12 N 500 Days of Summer FoxS $838,000 – $838,000 1
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com
