Didn't expect "G-Force" to do quite this well. And just goes to show you that mostly negative reviews doesn't hurt a rom-com ("The Ugly Truth"). I hope "Public Enemies" reaches 100M. And look at "The Hangover" go!

1 G-Force $32,000,000 -- 3,697 -- $8,656 $32,000,000 1 Disney
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $30,000,000 -61% 4,325 -- $6,936 $221,833,631 2 Warner Bros.
3 The Ugly Truth $26,000,000 -- 2,882 -- $9,022 $26,000,000 1 Sony/ Columbia
4 Orphan $14,500,000 -- 2,750 -- $5,272 $14,500,000 1 Warner Bros.
5 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $11,500,000 -35% 3,300 -517 $3,485 $174,590,671 4 Sony/ Columbia
6 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $7,600,000 -44% 3,237 -620 $2,348 $378,689,745 5 Paramount/ DreamWorks
7 The Hangover $6,200,000 -24% 2,285 -382 $2,713 $246,812,396 8 Warner Bros.
8 The Proposal $5,700,000 -31% 2,779 -264 $2,051 $139,363,063 6 Disney
9 Public Enemies $4,500,000 -42% 2,288 -830 $1,967 $83,926,230 4 Universal
10 Brüno $3,600,000 -57% 1,890 -869 $1,905 $57,396,520 3 Universal

G-Force made $32m in one day?

Did NOT see that coming...

Ugly Truth did $26m on Fri alone? Orphan did $14m? These sound more like weekend projections than single-day figures. Box-office is really booming this weekend, so it would seem.

Edit: Ok, just checked BOM. These must be weekend estimates. If G-Force had made more than Watchmen opening weekend I would have cried. Whew!

I haven't even HEARD of G-Force.

WTF is G-Force?

Um....it says WEEKEND box-office in the subject line.

jesus. bruno just suck like an anchor.

Friday:

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Rank* Title (Click to view chart) Friday 7/24 (Estimates) Saturday 7/25 Sunday 7/26 Monday 7/27 1 G-FORCE Buena Vista 3,697 $11,525,000 -- / $3,117 <nobr>$11,525,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 2 THE UGLY TRUTH Sony / Columbia 2,882 $10,800,000 -- / $3,747 <nobr>$10,800,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 3 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Warner Bros. 4,325 $9,300,000 +35.6% / $2,150 <nobr>$201,134,000 / 10</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 4 ORPHAN Warner Bros. 2,750 $4,935,000 -- / $1,795 <nobr>$4,935,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 5 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS Fox 3,300 $2,585,000 -6.4% / $783 <nobr>$165,676,000 / 24</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 6 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Paramount (DreamWorks) 3,237 $2,440,000 +38% / $754 <nobr>$373,530,000 / 31</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 7 THE PROPOSAL Buena Vista 2,779 $2,135,000 +48.2% / $768 <nobr>$135,798,000 / 36</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 8 THE HANGOVER Warner Bros. 2,285 $1,980,000 +60.4% / $867 <nobr>$242,592,000 / 50</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 9 PUBLIC ENEMIES Universal 2,291 $1,237,000 +20.2% / $540 <nobr>$85,163,000 / 24</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 10 BRUNO Universal 1,895 $919,000 +0.9% / $485 <nobr>$54,716,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 11 UP Buena Vista 1,070 $520,000 -18.6% / $486 <nobr>$282,523,000 / 57</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 12 (500) DAYS OF SUMMER Fox Searchlight 85 $505,000 +269.7% / $5,941 <nobr>$1,879,000 / 8</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 13 MY SISTER'S KEEPER Warner Bros. 1,258 $435,000 -19.6% / $346 <nobr>$44,176,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 14 THE HURT LOCKER Summit Entertainment 238 $390,000 +240.9% / $1,639 <nobr>$2,967,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - - N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Notes for this weekend so far:
#2 The Ugly Truth will likely be #3 behind Potter after Saturday.

(500) Days of Summer added 58 (85 total) theaters and was up 91.9% Friday-to-Friday. What's more impressive? It's the summer movie season and (500) Days of Summer, which is only on 85 screens, is just outside of the top 10.

Bruno lost 864 theaters (now at 1895) and was down another 68% Friday-to-Friday

Potter was down 65% Friday-to-Friday, had this opened last Friday and not last Wednesday - this would be expected - but since it wasn't a Friday opening this is actually quite high. Some are surely waiting for the IMAX 3D edition to re-watch it, that comes out Wednesday.

Orphan, a movie that has been sitting on the shelf for well over a year now, is about on par for a Dark Castle picture -- Their last horror picture, The Reaping, opened to $10m en route to $25m total. House of Wax opened to $12m. Ghost Ship opened to $11m. Gothika ($12m opening), 13 Ghosts to $15m and their biggest opening was House on Haunted Hill (1999) with around $16m.

To note, G-Force is the second #1 opening for Zach Galifianakis this year (behind The Hangover). Sure, he isn't the star, but why not spin it a little

The Proposal took down this summer's Terminator Salvation and has now taken down last summer's The Incredible Hulk.

The Hurt Locker gained 144 theaters (238 currently) and was up 88.9% Friday-to-Friday.

I realize that but the first post of these threads is typically just Friday numbers unless otherwise stated. It is the summer after all, so I could maybe see something terrible like G-Force getting good numbers, though $32m is highly unlikely.

If G-Force made $32 million in one day, it's just another sign of the impending apocalypse.

I'm curious to how today's numbers will reflect. I'm hoping The Ugly Truth was just very front loaded, but I also know that this country has no taste.

The projected total gross for Public Enemies is incorrect. It had earned almost $84 million after Thursday. So the total is going to be around $88.5 mil. I wonder if it's going to be able to squeak out another $11.5 mil? I thought this would top out at $90m, but it's hanging on a little better.

Universal hasn't had a great Summer, so they need this to get to the century mark. They had 4 $100+mil grossers last Summer. They have 0 this Summer. Fast and Furious, a Spring release, is their only $100+mil film. They're the Fox of '09.

I've seen commercials for it everywhere, ever since I first saw the clip in front of my X-Men Animated Series DVD's.

The "poop in his hand! poop in his hand!" bit has been everywhere.

For those who haven't heard of "G-Force", it is actually produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Yes, Jerry Bruckheimer.

G-Force would sound awesome with a misleadingly vague plot description and cast list.

I think Fox is still the Fox of '09, although I'll agree Universal has had some clunkers.

I honestly didn't start seeing commercials for G-Force until just the other day. It looked like some sort of crappy mid-summer kids movie like that Aliens in the Attic coming out next week.

So, the guy that did Coyote Ugly and Kangaroo Jack?

Fox had a horrible 2008. They've had some big hits this year.

Wolverine $179m
Night at the Museum 2 $172m
Ice Age 3 $165m
Taken $145m

A huge improvement over last year.

And they have Avatar this December.

Correct. That is the Jerry Bruckheimer I am talking about.

Well, we can't have a kids' movie without poo-poo, pee-pee, and fart jokes, can we?

Glad to see "Orphan" in the top 5. I loved that flick.

The films I want to see this week are 500 Days of Summer and The Hurt Locker which look much better than the wide releases that opened this week.

... it was otherwise stated...

Hope to see Bruno on dvd and Blu-Ray soon. Hopefully these lower than expected numbers will help to hurry them up and put it out. Can't wait to watch it again.

Box Office Mojo:

1 N G-Force BV $32,152,000 - 3,697 - $8,697 $32,185,000 - 1
2 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $30,000,000 -61.5% 4,325 - $6,936 $221,834,000 $250 2
3 N The Ugly Truth Sony $27,000,000 - 2,882 +2,717 $9,368 $27,000,000 $38 1
4 N Orphan WB $12,770,000 - 2,750 - $4,644 $12,770,000 - 1
5 2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $8,200,000 -53.3% 3,300 -517 $2,485 $171,291,000 $90 4
6 3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $8,000,000 -41.6% 3,237 -620 $2,471 $379,090,000 $250 5
7 6 The Hangover WB $6,465,000 -20.9% 2,285 -382 $2,829 $247,077,000 $35 8
8 5 The Proposal BV $6,423,000 -22.5% 2,779 -264 $2,311 $140,086,000 $40 6
9 7 Public Enemies Uni. $4,170,000 -46.2% 2,291 -827 $1,820 $88,096,000 $100 4
10 4 Bruno Uni. $2,719,000 -67.3% 1,895 -864 $1,435 $56,516,000 - 3
11 12 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $1,630,000 +95.3% 85 +58 $19,176 $3,004,000 - 2
12 8 Up BV $1,609,000 -49.3% 1,070 -636 $1,504 $283,612,000 $175 9
13 14 The Hurt Locker Sum. $1,457,000 +96.8% 238 +144 $6,122 $4,034,000 - 5