Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

By John J. Joex

Even though it dropped 61.2% from the prior weekend, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took top honors at the Box Office over the 4th of July weekend pulling in $42 million. That brings its one and a half week total to an amazing $293 million as it heads on to mega-hit status. And with numbers like this, expect plenty more entries from this franchise along with the requisite relentless action and mindless scripts that come with it. But at least the movies provide some decent popcorn entertainment.

In its first week of release, Ice Age: The Dawn of the Dead Dinosaurs only managed to climb up to the number two spot, but it still had a respectable draw of $41.7 million with a total of $66.7 starting from its Wednesday debut. Those numbers are really not too bad for the third entry in a rather tired franchise and they suggest that even more of these could be coming as well.

Summer flop Imagine That fell all the way to the Number 20 slot and will soon seek refuge in the dollar theaters along with Land of the Lost which slid to Number 17.

Following are the results for all of the Science Fiction and Fantasy oriented movies in the Top 20 for the weekend of July 3 – 5:

Title / Box Office Rank (Rank Prior Week) / Weekend (Total) Draw
1) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Prior Wk: 1, Draw (Total): $42.32 MM ($293.36 MM)
2) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – Prior Wk: New, Draw (Total): $41.69 MM ($66.73 MM)
6) Up – Prior Wk: 4, Draw (Total): $6.52 MM ($264.82 MM)
10) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – Prior Wk: 9, Draw (Total): $2.04 MM ($167.71 MM)
11) Star Trek – Prior Wk: 8, Draw (Total): $1.77 MM ($249.84 MM)
15) Angels & Demons – Prior Wk: 12, Draw (Total): $.49 MM ($131.32 MM)
17) Land of the Lost – Prior Wk: 11, Draw (Total): $.31 MM ($47.62 MM)
18) Terminator Salvation – Prior Wk: 13, Draw (Total): $.3 MM ($122.68 MM)
19) X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Prior Wk: 20, Draw (Total): $.3 MM ($178.34 MM)
20) Imagine That – Prior Wk: 14, Draw (Total): $.28 MM ($14.78 MM)

Source:  Box Office Mojo

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