For the first time which in this reporter’s opinion seems to be a long while is a tie for first over this past 4th of July weekend. Dreamworks’ Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ties up with the robot-clad Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen both coming in with 42.5 million each. The third installment of the Ice Age animated trilogy involves the fuzzy mammoth Manny (Ray Romano) and his wife Ellie (Queen Latifah) expecting, while Sid (John Leguizamo) gets himself into some big time hijinks that even his friend Diego (Dennis Leary) cannot save him out of as they discover a world underneath them of dinosaurs. Even though Ice Age 3 did have a really strong opening, especially on this past holiday weekend, Transformers 2 definitely is starting to loose steam which is most likely coming from the big time negative reviews on the flick.
Also slinking its way into the top three is Michael Mann’s 1930′s gangster drama, based off of true events, Public Enemies. Starring Johnny Depp, Chrisitian Bale and Marion Cotillard, the thrilling dramatic tale took in 26.1 million. With an estimated budget of 80 million, one can easily see this movie make it all back and then some with the fairly positive word of mouth.
Earlier released movies such as The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and Year One have thrown themselves into bomb status, making this summer movie season evenly matched with overly outstanding pics and ones that just fall straight on their faces. Pelham only scrapped in 58 million total despite its 100 million dollar budget which it does not seem it will make back, along with Year One having 38 million despite its 60 million budget. Enough chit chat, lets take a look at the results below:
Weekend Box Office (July 3-5)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($42.5 Million)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($42.5 Million)
- Public Enemies ($26.1 Million)
- The Proposal ($12.7 Million)
- The Hangover ($10.4 Million)
- Disney/Pixar’s Up ($6.5 Million)
- My Sister’s Keeper ($5.2 Million)
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 ($2.5 Million)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($2.1 Million)
- Year One ($2.1 Million)
- Star Trek ($1.8 Million)
- Away We Go ($1.1 Million)
Note: The list is extended due to two ties in total numbers over the weekend
Time to draw out another huge selection of movies with this Friday’s new releases that include I Love You Beth Cooper, Bruno, Blood: The Last Vampire, Soul Power among many others. Keep on going to your local theater fellow movie goers!
