Angels & Demons was no Da Vinci Code, but the Tom Hanks/Ron Howard pairing was still strong enough to be the #1 movie in America, with $48 million. (It’s reviews were actually slightly better than the pans Da Vinci garnered, and it’ll do great business abroad.) Star Trek, meanwhile, dropped only 43% from its better-than-expected opening weekend to $43 million — a terrific hold for a summer blockbuster. It’s already made $147 million and is the highest-grossing Trek flick by a long shot.
Last week, X-Men Origins: Wolverine fell 69% from its opening weekend, but this week it leveled out nicely and dropped only 44% to $15 million. It’ll end up with about $175 million, which is less than X2 and X3 but still more than the first X-Men.
Overall, the box office was up 5% from last year, laughing in the face of the economy. It isn’t likely to slow down next weekend, when both Terminator Salvation and the Night at the Museum sequel rake in zillions of dollars.
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