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...flounced and floundered with audiences, two other behemoths stood sturdy. In its second weekend, the 3-D cartoon Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is projected to finish right behind Brüno, at $28.5 million, for a worldwide 10-day gross of $312.5 million. And that overblown toy story, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, has earned more than that just in North America. In fewer than 20 days, the second Transformers has overtaken the first one in its entire domestic theatrical run and entered the all-time top 20, passing every Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean movie...
...putting their lives and the fate of the Empire on the line, then stop their epochal fight and say, "Eh, let's go for a beer." But the Independence Day weekend smackdown between last week's champ, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and the cartoon contender Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ended in a tie, with each film earning $42.5 million at the North American box office - if you believe the official numbers. (Check out TIME's Transformers review...
...outgross Transformers, was a bit spottier. Benefiting from the hiked prices for 3-D showings (which brought in about 40% of the take), the movie still earned less in those five days than 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown did in its first three. It didn't help that Dawn of the Dinosaurs was the summer's fifth movie whose cast of characters included at least one prehistoric beast. (Can you name the other four?*) It may be time for Hollywood to go back to spacemen...
...Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $42.5 million; $67.5 million, first five days 1 (tie). Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $42.5 million; $293.4 million, second week 3. Public Enemies, $26.2 million; $41 million, first five days 4. The Proposal, $12.8 million; $94.2 million, third week 5. The Hangover, $10.4 million; $204 million, fifth week 6. Up, $6.6 million; $264.9 million, sixth week 7. My Sister's Keeper, $5.3 million; $26 million, second week 8. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $2.5 million; $58.4 million, fourth week 9 (tie). Year One, $2.1 million; $38.1 million, third week 9 (tie). Night...
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