There is only one other new film on the chart this week, I Love You, Beth Cooper. The teen comedy appears to be dead in the water, finishing way down in seventh place. I saw this, and while it is not great, it is perfectly enjoyable for what it is. It may not be worth a trip to the theater, but as a rental it should perform admirably.
This weekend will surely be dominated by the release of the latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Two movies dropped off the top ten this week: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (11) and Year One (13).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Bruno | $30,619,130 | $30,619,130 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $27,607,497 | $119,680,193 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $24,213,875 | $339,221,800 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Public Enemies | $13,794,240 | $66,221,110 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | The Proposal | $10,603,884 | $113,861,076 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | The Hangover | $9,933,238 | $222,444,906 | 6 |
| 7 | N | I Love You, Beth Cooper | $4,919,433 | $4,919,433 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | Up | $4,715,746 | $273,834,761 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | My Sister's Keeper | $4,294,382 | $35,915,782 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | $1,543,516 | $61,437,955 | 5 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
As I look over the numbers for this week, I feel pretty satisfied, more or less. Sure, I was off in a few places, but I was pretty close in most places. My biggest mistake was with I Love You, Beth Cooper, which pretty much tanked. I thought this would have made a bigger splash than it did, as shown by my estimation. Of course, I also expected Bruno to land a bigger number than it did, but when it comes right down to it, I suppose it landed about where it should, in retrospect.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Bruno | $30,619,130 | $36 million |
| 3 | 2 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $24,213,875 | $26 million |
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3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $27,607,497 | $24 million |
| 4 | 4 | Public Enemies | $13,794,240 | $16 million |
| 7 | 5 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | $4,919,433 |
$14.5 million |
| 5 | 6 | The Proposal | $10,603,884 | $8 million |
| 6 | 7 | The Hangover | $9,933,238 | $6.5 million |
| 8 | 8 | Up | $4,715,746 | $4 million |
| 9 | 9 | My Sister's Keeper | $4,294,382 | $2.5 million |
| 10 | 10 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | $1,543,516 | $1.25 million |
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