The top movies at the North American box office
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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