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 LOS ANGELES, May 25 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10
films at the North American box office for the four-day U.S.
Memorial Day holiday weekend beginning on May 22, led by the
new release "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,"
according to studio estimates compiled on Monday by Reuters.
 1 (*) Night at the Museum ........... $70.0 million
 2 (*) Terminator Salvation .......... $53.8 million
 3 (2) Star Trek ...... $29.4 million
 4 (1) Angels & Demons ............... $27.7 million
 5 (*) Dance Flick .... $13.1 million
 6 (3) X-Men Origins: Wolverine ...... $10.1 million
 7 (4) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past .... $ 4.8 million
 8 (5) Obsessed ....... $ 2.5 million
 9 (7) Monsters vs. Aliens ........... $ 1.9 million
10 (6) 17 Again ....... $ 1.3 million
 NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new
release. "Terminator Salvation" opened on Thursday, and "Night
at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Dance Flick" on
Friday.
 TOTALS TO DATE
 Monsters vs. Aliens ........... $193.5 million
 Star Trek ...... $191.0 million
 X-Men Origins: Wolverine ...... $165.4 million
 Angels & Demons ............... $ 87.8 million
 Night at the Museum ........... $ 70.0 million
 Terminator Salvation .......... $ 67.2 million
 Obsessed ....... $ 66.4 million
 17 Again ....... $ 60.6 million
 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past .... $ 47.0 million
 Dance Flick .... $ 13.1 million
 "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "X-Men
Origins: Wolverine" were released by 20th Century Fox, a unit
of News Corp NWSA.0.
 "Terminator Salvation," "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" and
"17 Again" were released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of
Time Warner Inc (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
 "Star Trek," "Dance Flick" and "Monsters vs. Aliens" were
distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc
(VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
 "Angels & Demons" and "Obsessed" were released by Columbia
Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) (SNE.N: Quote, Profile, Research).


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