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Potter not Invincible, G-Force No. 1 at Box Office with $32 million

July 27, 2009

By Jeffrey Jolson

HOLLYWOOD (RPRN/Hollywood Today) 7/27/2009--The Guinea Pigs from G-Force and their producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure) gobbled up Harry Potter and $32.2 over the weekend. Potter’s Half-Blood Prince was only in its second week of regency and was expected to the hold the crown for several weeks.
Still, Potter conjured up $30M and has earned $222M so far.
The Ugly Truth turned out well with a $27M bow for Katherine Heigl (see related interview) as she re-creates what we know of chick flick comedies with a fresh look, as she did with Knocked Up.
The Orphan (see related interview) didn’t really find a home in its first week with a middling $13M coming out, not embarrassing but more was expected from the Warner Bros. horror flick in the mid-summer, when kids flock to these.

Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #

1. G-Force (Buena Vista)
$32.2 million | 3,697 | $32.2 million | 1

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.)
$30.0 million | 4,325 | $221.8 million | 2

3. The Ugly Truth (Sony / Columbia)
$27.0 million | 2,882 | $27.0 million | 1

4. Orphan (Warner Bros.)
$12.8 million | 2,750 | $12.8 million | 1

5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox)
$8.2 million | 3,300 | $171.3 million | 4

Figures from boxofficemojo.com

Source: Hollywood Today

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