The remainder of the top ten is the same as last week, just shifted down. Next week will finally see the exit of Obsessed from the top ten, as well as Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, both of which will likely go on to do well on DVD and Blu-ray.
Next weekend will see new competition from the new Will Ferrell comedy, and latest re-imagination to hit the screen, Land of the Lost. We will also get our first look at the R-rated comedy of The Hangover. On a smaller scale, Nia Vardalos returns to the big screen with My Life in Ruins, along with Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, and Rachel Dratch.
Two movies dropped off the top ten this week: 17 Again (13) and Monsters vs. Aliens (14).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Up | $68,108,790 | $68,108,790 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $24,353,868 | $104,150,268 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Terminator: Salvation | $16,433,365 | $90,949,924 | 2 |
| 4 | N | Drag Me to Hell | $15,825,480 | $15,825,480 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | Star Trek | $12,613,727 | $209,313,884 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Angels & Demons | $11,353,340 | $104,913,439 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | Dance Flick | $4,743,636 | $19,084,907 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $3,873,377 | $170,843,712 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $1,911,401 | $50,021,779 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | Obsessed | $657,001 | $67,500,481 | 6 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Let me begin this section by apologizing for the way off predictions. I realized as I went to put this column together that after I slotted the films I completely forgot to adjust my dollar amounts from last week. The end result are guesses that make me appear to not have a clue, which is true in some cases. In any case, I did do a pretty good job getting the positions correct, with my lone mistake being underestimating Dance Flick/overestimating Wolverine. However, at this stage of their big screen life, I guess it matters little.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Up | $68,108,790 | $82 million |
| 2 | 2 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $24,353,868 | $68 million |
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3 | 3 | Terminator: Salvation | $16,433,365 | $24 million |
| 4 | 4 | Drag Me to Hell | $15,825,480 | $22 million |
| 5 | 5 | Star Trek | $12,613,727 |
$15 million |
| 6 | 6 | Angels & Demons | $11,353,340 | $7.5 million |
| 8 | 7 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $3,873,377 | $3.5 million |
| 7 | 8 | Dance Flick | $4,743,636 | $2.75 million |
| 9 | 9 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $1,911,401 | $2 million |
| 10 | 10 | Obsessed | $657,001 | $1.5 million |
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