TRANSFORMERS 3: BIGGEST MOVIE OF 2011
July 12, 2011 by admin · 5 Comments
Transformers: Dark of the Moon officially became the top movie at the box office this year when it earned an additional $47.1 million in its second weekend to bring its domestic total to $261.1 million. It thereby replaced The Hangover: Part II in the top spot. Two other new — and relatively low-cost — films also had solid performances. Horrible Bosses opened with $28.3 million, while Zookeeper debuted with $20.1 million. Nevertheless, those grosses weren’t nearly enough to prevent the overall box office from declining about 19 percent from the same weekend a year ago when Despicable Me debuted with $56.4 million
The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Box Office Mojo (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount, $47,103,276, 2 Wks. ($261,078,700); 2. Horrible Bosses, Warner Bros., $28,302,165, (New); 3. Zookeeper, Sony, $20,065,617, (New); 4. Cars 2, Disney/Pixar, $15,212,015, 3 Wks. ($148,831,530); 5. Bad Teacher, Sony, $8,914,412, 3 Wks. ($78,671,819); 6. Larry Crowne, Universal, $5,936,405, 2 Wks. ($26,197,690); 7. Super 8, Paramount, $4,838,205, 5 Wks. ($118,069,545); 8. Monte Carlo, 20th Century Fox, $3,800,604, 2 Wks. ($16,125,507); 9. Mr. Popper’s Penguins, 20th Century Fox, $3,154,435, 4 Wks. ($58,051,209); 10. Green Lantern, Warner Bros., $3,147,225, 4 Wks. ($109,731,181)
