AFTER only two weeks in theatres, Transformers: Dark of the Moon has taken US$261 million (S$320 million) at the North American box office, the high-earning film so far for 2011, data confirmed on Monday. The sequel raked in US$47.1 million over the weekend and passed The Hangover Part II as the highest-grossing film of the year. The big budget action film starring Shia LaBeouf focuses on alien robots in a quest to save the world.
In second place was Horrible Bosses, a dark comedy starring Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston which grossed US$28.3 million on its opening weekend, said industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. The weekend’s other big comedy, Zookeeper, opened at number three with an estimated US$20.1 million in sales. Trailing behind was the animated sequel ‘Cars 2,’ which made US$15.2 million in its third week.
Bad Teacher’ dropped from number three in last week’s rankings to number five with $8.9 million. And in sixth place, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks teamed up for Larry Crowne, mustering $5.9 million in the film’s second week. Super 8 dropped two spots to number seven with $US4.8 million, while tween flick ‘Monte Carlo’ brought in $3.8 million at the number eight slot. ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ was in ninth spot with US$3.2 million, while superhero action flick ‘Green Lantern’ dimmed to 10th biggest film of the week with US$3.1 million in sales.
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