'Angels & Demons' Narrowly Beats 'Star Trek'

NEW YORK — Ticket sales at the box office was brisk over the weekend, as moviegoers turned out for the opening of "Angels & Demons," which wrestled top film honors from "Star Trek."

"Angels & Demons," which stars Tom Hanks in his "The Da Vinci Code" role, earned $46.2 million in its first weekend of release, according to final studio numbers Monday.

Last week's no. 1 film, "Star Trek," held strong with $43 million, bringing its two-week total to $147.6 million.

Those results bode well for the blockbusters lined up through the summer like dominos, including the two big Memorial Day weekend releases: "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Terminator Salvation."

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. "Angels & Demons," Sony, $46,204,168, 3,527 locations, $13,100 average, $46,204,168, one week.

2. "Star Trek," Paramount, $43,034,547, 3,860 locations, $11,149 average, $147,645,384, two weeks.

3. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Fox, $14,702,425, 3,892 locations, $3,778 average, $150,993,169, three weeks.

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4. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," Warner Bros., $6,653,384, 3,150 locations, $2,112 average, $39,855,222, three weeks.

5. "Obsessed," Sony, $4,588,973, 2,634 locations, $1,742 average, $62,610,148, four weeks.

6. "17 Again," Warner Bros., $3,368,189, 2,450 locations, $1,375 average, $58,363,111, five weeks.

7. "Monsters Vs. Aliens," Paramount, $3,182,085, 1,951 locations, $1,631 average, $190,733,766, eight weeks.

8. "The Soloist," Paramount, $2,402,801, 2,022 locations, $1,188 average, $27,505,154, four weeks.

9. "Next Day Air," Summit Entertainment, $2,244,878, 1,139 locations, $1,971 average, $7,613,221, two weeks.

10. "Earth," Disney, $1,697,956, 1,584 locations, $1,072 average, $29,088,771, four weeks.

11. "Hannah Montana the Movie," Disney, $1,613,180, 1,625 locations, $993 average, $75,985,104, six weeks.

12. "Fighting," Universal, $1,113,525, 1,166 locations, $955 average, $22,203,795, four weeks.

13. "State of Play," Universal, $958,400, 988 locations, $970 average, $35,568,970, five weeks.

14. "Fast & Furious," Universal, $793,805, 882 locations, $900 average, $152,952,195, seven weeks.

15. "Rudo y Cursi," Sony Pictures Classics, $444,131, 219 locations, $2,028 average, $738,706, two weeks.

16. "I Love You, Man," Paramount, $401,520, 340 locations, $1,181 average, $70,686,399, nine weeks.

17. "Management," Samuel Goldwyn Films, $375,916, 212 locations, $1,773 average, $375,916, one week.

17. "Knowing," Summit Entertainment, $337,008, 421 locations, $800 average, $78,836,466, nine weeks.

18. "Under the Sea 3D," Warner Bros., $277,064, 40 locations, $6,927 average, $7,763,851, 14 weeks.

19. "Taken," Fox, $239,966, 250 locations, $960 average, $144,540,399, 16 weeks.

20. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," Sony, $236,184, 240 locations, $984 average, $146,081,053, 18 weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.

Comments

[JamesA1102]

This should be revised. Angeles and Demons only made $46 Mil when the final numbers came in plus Star Trek did better box office on both Saturday & Sunday.

[hootie1fan]

And Star Trek is a movie even the over 25 crowd will go see again.

[Changeling]

Indeed. I loved it.

[adamginsberg]

Angels and Demons was fast paced and fun to watch, although it was a bit predictable. Read my entire review here:

http://adamginsbergblog.com

[Slingingstones]

The better half and I attended both movies, we enjoyed them and were entertained by both. We don't attend for moral guidance or American Idol competition just entertainment like our parents did during the Great Depression.

cheers,

[BryanTheRegOps]

Havent seen Star Trek and have no intention on ever watching it but I can say Angels and Demons was a pretty good movie. It was worth the money.

[freethinking moderate]

The sooner this new Star Trek abomination is kicked out of theaters the better.

[Changeling]

Not happening anytime soon.

Fortunately.

[godpsyco]

I have to see that movie!!
usa-ham.comham.com

[Crissy Patters]

I'm glad Angels and Demon did well at the box office, because it was a well written and performed movie. I loved Obsessed, Star Trek and A&D, we're getting some good movies this year.

[Joey2250]

Jake, I don't know if they changed it in the movie or not. But, Angels & Demons is not a sequel to The Da Vinci Code. It is before the events of the Da Vinci Code and was published before The Da Vinci Code.

[SkuddGobang]

Is it just me or are the movies actually good this year?

[Ponderus]

Battle of the white guys. Boring!

[Bob Simon]

bad sign.

[SoCalNick]

The wife and I caught the Pre release Premiere of Angels and Demons on Thursday evening and JUST got back form a IMAX showing of Star Trek an hour ago.

She is a HUGE Fan of the Books Angels and Demons and Divinchy Code and I am a life long Trek Fan.

BOTH of us vote 100% for

STAR TREK

If you haven't seen it go ASAP IMAX if you can.

[SoCalNick]

LOL I meant DA Vinci of course

[PNK]

It's the best movie out, really. Star Trek, Wolverine.­.. yeah.

Now to wait for Public Enemy!

While I await that I'll see "Pelham 123" - may be rehash but 2 stars at near-top of their game, and Travolta looks kinda fit.

[hypnotoad72]

Easy to see why; I might watch Demons and Angels... then watch it again if it's good. That trek thing made by a guy who said he never liked trek certainly proved it was a waste of money, even if the populism-driven populace liked it. (as has been said: popular opinion vs critical opinion; I'll take critical opinion with a little more merit by default.)

[Changeling]

Critical opinion is also FAR more favorable of Trek than A&D.

I'll say it for you: "Oops."

[SoCalNick]

LOL yeah to you and 2 others who got hung up on a quote that may or may not be true. I am sure your biting review will have him crying all the way to the bank.

[gavottes]

Star Trek (2009) is fabulous! I think Trekkers are positively reviewing it.
How could it be bad that they are trying to give the series another life on the screen?

Plus, Checkov rocks!
"I can do zat! I can do zat!"

[PaxMundis]

Rotten tomatoes tallies for Angels & Demons :38% (34% from Top Critics)}
Rotten Tomatoes tallies for Star Trek: 95% (91% from Top Critics)

Kind of blows that theory out of the water, huh?

[rzan1]

I must be among the very few who loved The Da Vinci Code. I look forward to seeing Angels and Demons.

[PNK]

I also loved DaVinci Code!! I have the dvd, and watch it whenever it's on TV.

Angels and Demons was pretty good, I just saw it, not as good as DVC but Langdon is good, Carmalengo/Ewan McGregor is the other worthy performance. Mystery and intrigue are quite strong. I won't give anything else away!

It is worth seeing. Good cinematography, well shot. Hard to match the inky streets of Paris and the Louve, and London. But Rome and all the churches and surrounding areas look really cool. They are a good pair of movies, for sure.

[PNK]

(I mean Louvre)

[kannita]

I loved the DaVinci code book better than the movie but Angels and Demons, was great! Read the book too. Kept very close to the original story but condensed, of course. I found it to be better than DaVinci code.

[Irish55]

I liked it too. A lot more than most people. Just saw Angels and Demons tonight - loved it. Fast paced, suspenseful - glad it's doing well.