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Weekend Box Office Winner Revealed – TRANSFOMERS 2 Narrowly Beats ICE AGE 3D

by Nicole Pedersen Posted: July 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

When last we met the weekend box office race was too close to call. Both Paramount and Fox reported weekend estimates of $43.5 million for their top contenders, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Ice Age 3D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”. Estimates are usually a bit off come Monday morning, but in the case of a tie involving two inexplicably popular franchises I thought it best to set the record straight. Therefore let me announce that the number one film in America – for the second week in a row – is “Transformers 2″ with $42.3 million. “Ice Age 3D” was not far behind with $41.6 million but a win is a win, right? Check back on Saturday to see how both films fare against the arrival “Bruno”.

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Weekend Box Office – TRANSFORMERS 2 and ICE AGE 3D Tie for First with $43 Million Each

by Nicole Pedersen Posted: July 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am

On Friday “Ice Age 3D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” came oh-so close to kneecapping Michael Bay’s “Transformers” sequel at the box office. Less than one million dollars separated Fox’s 3D toon and Paramount’s robot flick that wouldn’t die. It all evened out over the weekend, however, with both films bringing in an estimated $43.5 million dollars over three days. Talk of “Tf2″ becoming this year’s “The Dark Knight” was a hot topic one week ago when the film came within 3 million of tying Batman’s 5 day record, but those of us still immune to the dubious charms of Bay knew that those similarities would prove groundless once “Transformers” made it to its second weekend. So here we are and, surprise! The momentum of the big, shiny metal ones appears greatly slowed. “Transformers 2″ was not embarrassed in any way, of course, but if we still want to talk “Dark Knight” records a tie is not very convincing evidence. More box office talk after the jump…

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Ice Age 3D	$43,500,000	$67,506,000
1	Transformers 2	$43,500,000	$293,400,000
3	Public Enemies	$26,172,000	$41,044,000
4	The Proposal	$12,779,000	$94,233,000
5	The Hangover	$10,415,000	$204,197,000
6	Up	$6,579,000	$264,873,000
7	My Sister’s Keeper	$5,255,000	$25,964,000
8	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$2,500,000	$58,471,000
9	Year One	$2,100,000	$38,088,000
10	Night at the Museum 2	$2,100,000	$167,763,000