Amid rumblings of mid-August inventory-clearing, no fewer than five new titles hit the multiplexes this weekend. But for most of us there were only two questions that Friday’s box-office results needed to answer: how high could Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9″ climb and how far would Stephen Sommers’ “G.I. Joe” fall? As for the former, the Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi flick parlayed its great word of mouth into a first place finish with over $14 million from 3,049 locations. “Joe” was not so lucky. Last week’s top seed fell a big 68% on Friday to third place behind the maudlin posturing of Eric Bana in “The Time Traveler’s Wife”. Check back tomorrow for full coverage of the rest of this weekend’s new releases.
| Title | Friday | Total | |
| 1 | District 9 | $14,200,000 | $14,200,000 |
| 2 | Time Traveler’s Wife | $7,700,000 | $7,700,000 |
| 3 | GI Joe | $7,000,000 | $83,400,000 |
| 4 | Julie & Julia | $3,600,000 | $34,900,000 |
| 5 | G-Force | $2,100,000 | $94,200,000 |
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