HOT: Transformers Hit No 1

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Giant robots defeated dinosaurs and woolly mammoths at the weekend box office."Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" finished the Fourth of July weekend in first place again with $42.3 million, according to distributor Paramount.

That put the "Transformers" sequel narrowly ahead of 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," which took in $41.7 million over the weekend.

Based on estimated revenues Sunday, the two movies had been in a tie for the No. 1 spot with $42.5 million each. "Transformers" pulled ahead once final receipts were counted Monday.

The blockbuster sequel about the shape-shifting robots has climbed to $293.4 million domestically in just 12 days. Worldwide, the movie has taken in $593.8 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com:

1. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," Paramount, $42,320,877, 4,234 locations, $9,995 average, $293,355,885, two weeks.

2. "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," Fox, $41,690,382, 4,099 locations, $10,171 average, $66,732,868, one week.

3. "Public Enemies," Universal, $25,271,675, 3,334 locations, $7,580 average, $40,141,080, one week.

4. "The Proposal," Disney, $12,857,482, 3,099 locations, $4,149 average, $94,335,111, three weeks.

5. "The Hangover," Warner Bros., $11,268,413, 3,070 locations, $3,670 average, $205,038,233, five weeks.

6. "Up," Disney, $6,521,389, 2,656 locations, $2,455 average, $264,816,694, six weeks.

7. "My Sister's Keeper," Warner Bros., $5,788,327, 2,606 locations, $2,221 average, $26,518,582, two weeks.

8. "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," Sony, $2,534,228, 1,908 locations, $1,328 average, $58,508,070, four weeks.

9. "Year One," Sony, $2,323,843, 2,240 locations, $1,037 average, $38,304,392, three weeks.

10. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," Fox, $2,043,288, 1,419 locations, $1,440 average, $167,706,959, seven weeks.

11. "Star Trek," Paramount, $1,769,967, 1,148 locations, $1,542 average, $249,838,139, nine weeks.

12. "Away We Go," Focus, $1,098,212, 506 locations, $2,170 average, $6,077,303, five weeks.

13. "Whatever Works," Sony Pictures Classics, $960,061, 353 locations, $2,720 average, $1,911,011, three weeks.

14. "Kambakkht Ishq," Eros, $768,542, 100 locations, $7,685 average, $768,542, one week.

15. "Cheri," Miramax, $388,994, 140 locations, $2,779 average, $1,023,909, two weeks.

16. "Land of the Lost," Universal, $306,025, 385 locations, $795 average, $47,622,470, five weeks.

17. "Terminator Salvation," Warner Bros., $296,372, 311 locations, $953 average, $122,678,310, seven weeks.

18. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Fox, $296,352, 303 locations, $978 average, $178,341,745, 10 weeks.

19. "Imagine That," Paramount, $278,244, 409 locations, $680 average, $14,780,593, four weeks.

20. "Under the Sea," Warner Bros., $266,728, 38 locations, $7,019 average, $11,632,367, 21 weeks.






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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen kept its place at the top of the North American box office chart, taking $42.3m (£26.2m) over the weekend.

The robotic blockbuster sequel narrowly beat competition from animation movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs into second place.

The adventures of a woolly mammoth and his friends racked up $41.7m (£25.7m).
It is the third movie in the series of films voiced by stars including Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and Denis Leary.

Michael Mann's gangster film Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp, debuted at number three, raking in $25.3m (£15.6m).

Romantic comedy The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock, fell from second to fourth spot, taking $12.8m (7.9m) in its third week of release.

Big hangover

Stag night comedy The Hangover came in at fifth place with $11.3m (£7m), bringing its total revenue since its release four weeks ago to $205m (£126.7m) - a big gain on the $35m (£21.6m) it cost to make.

Weepy drama My Sister's Keeper, starring Cameron Diaz, slipped from fifth to seventh place in its second week on the chart.

The actress stars as a mother who gives birth to a genetically-engineered second daughter to help save the life of her elder daughter, who has leukaemia.

BBC