Pixar is ten for ten when it comes to success at the box-office. “Up,” the latest animated film from Disney and Pixar took the top slot at the box-office this week. Ticket sales for the movie were $68.2 million.
Universal’s Sam Raimi-directed horror pic “Drag Me to Hell” opened on the lower end of pre-release projections while still managing a sturdy $16.6 million in third place.
The previous weekend’s winner, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” dropped 53% from last week and took $25.5 million in second place. “Smithsonian” totes a 10-day cume of $105.3 million.
“Terminator Salvation,” which also debuted last week, fell 62% to $16.1 million in fourth place with an 11-day cume of $90.7 million. And Paramount’s “Star Trek” grossed another $12.8 million in fifth place to become the first 2009 domestic release to pass $200 million with a four-week tally of $209.5 million.
Industrywide, the $166 million session represented a 1% downtick from the same frame last year, just the second year-over-year decline among the past 11 weekend comparisons, Nielsen EDI said.
Seasonal boxoffice is pacing 3% ahead of last summer at $852.2 million.
