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THE HANGOVER Hangs on at the Top of the Box Office

Todd Phillips’ R-rated hit comedy The Hangover topped the North American box office for a second consecutive week with $33.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Hangover successfully fought off this week’s new releases, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and Imagine That, lifting its domestic total to a solid $105.3 million. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helm and Zach Galifianakis star as three guys who lose their best friend on a night out in Vegas.

Tony Scott’s latest thriller, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, only made it to No. 3, earning $25 million from sales at 3,074 locations. Denzel Washington plays a New [...]

UP and THE HANGOVER Top Box Office

Pixar’s Up topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with $44.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Playing at 3,818 locations, the Pete Docter-directed animated adventure brought its domestic gross to $137.3 million after a strong two-week run. The plot follows a 78-year-old widower who takes his entire house on a trip to South America.

Debuting in second place with $43.2 million from 3,521 locations was Todd Phillips’ latest comedy, The Hangover. The R-rated film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helm and Zach Galifianakis as three guys who lose their best friend on a night out in Vegas.

Following at a distant No. 3 was Brad Silberling’s [...]

UP Tops Box Office

Pixar’s Up safely landed at the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend with $68.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Directed by Peter Docter, the animated adventure tale opened at 3,766 locations, scoring an average of $18,109 per theater. The story follows a 78-year-old widower who, wishing to fulfill his dream, takes his entire house on a trip to South America.

Last week’s champion, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, dropped to second place. The Ben Stiller vehicle earned another $25.5 million for a domestic total of $105.2 after a strong two-week run.

Debuting at No. 3 with $16.6 [...]

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Tops Box Office, TERMINATOR SALVATION in Second Place

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian outran its competition at the North American box office this weekend with $53.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Shawn Levy’s sequel to the 2006 hit stars Ben Stiller (above, with Robin Williams and Ricky Gervais) as a former museum security guard who heads to the Smithsonian to rescue his pals from the hands of a ruthless Egyptian leader. The film pulled $23.1 million more during opening weekend than its predecessor.

At No. 2, McG’s Terminator Salvation debuted with $43 million. The fourth installment in the popular Terminator series stars Christian Bale as John Connor, who leads the human resistance in a battle against the machines [...]

ANGELS & DEMONS #1, STAR TREK #2 at the Box Office

Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons topped the North American box office with $48 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The latest big-screen adaptation of one of Dan Brown’s popular novels struggled to beat J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek (above, top photo), which came in a close second with another $43 million this weekend. The sci-fi reboot’s domestic total currently stands at $147.6 million.
In Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks (above, lower photo, with Ayelet Zurer) reprises his role as professor Robert Langdon, who heads to the Vatican to solve a murder and help prevent a ruthless terrorist attack. The film scored $29 million less on opening weekend than its predecessor, [...]

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto at STAR TREK Premiere in Tokyo

Star Trek Japan Premiere at Shinjuku Milano One on May 12, 2009, in Tokyo.
Star Trek will open in Japan on May 29.
Photos: Kiyoshi Ota for Paramount Pictures International /
2009 Getty Images
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Bryan Burk, John Cho, Zachary Quinto, J. J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Karl Urban

Zachary Quinto, J. J. Abrams, Chris Pine

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STAR TREK Soars at the North American Box Office

Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana in Star Trek

Moviegoers beamed up J. J. Abrams‘ Star Trek reboot to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, with a solid $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg, Star Trek lifted its early domestic total to $76.5 million (counting revenues from Thursday’s evening screenings).

Last week’s box-office winner X-Men Origins: Wolverine dropped to second place, earning $27 million. Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, and Liev Schreiber, the film brought [...]

Star Trek London Premiere: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana

Above, Karl Urban, John Cho, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto at the UK Premiere of Star Trek at The Empire Leicester Square on April 20, 2009, in London.
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Chris Pine

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Eric Bana

Karl Urban

Robert Kazinsky

 
Hugh Jackman in X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Photos
Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere
Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere
Reese Witherspoon at MONSTERS VS. ALIENS London Premiere
STAR TREK’s Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto’s Sydney Photo Shoot

Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere

John Cho, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, J. J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, and Chris Pine at the Star Trek German premiere held on April 16 at the Kino CineStar Sony Center in Berlin.
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Zachary Quinto

Karl Urban

Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg

 
Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere
Reese Witherspoon at MONSTERS VS. ALIENS London Premiere
STAR TREK’s Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto’s Sydney Photo Shoot
Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams in STATE OF PLAY
Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe in STATE OF PLAY Photos

Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana at STAR TREK Berlin Premiere

Sven Sturm, Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto, J. J. Abrams, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Chris Pine at the Star Trek German premiere held on April 16 at the Kino CineStar Sony Center in Berlin.
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Chris Pine

Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana

J. J. Abrams

 
Reese Witherspoon at MONSTERS VS. ALIENS London Premiere
STAR TREK’s Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto’s Sydney Photo Shoot
Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams in STATE OF PLAY
Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe in STATE OF PLAY Photos
Sylvia Miles, John Barry at MIDNIGHT COWBOY Screening

STAR TREK’s Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto’s Sydney Photo Shoot

Star Trek stars Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine (above) and director J. J. Abrams pose at their hotel ahead of the premiere of their movie on April 7, 2009, in Sydney. Pine plays the role of Captain James T. Kirk while Quinto is Mr. Spock.
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Chris Pine

Zachary Quinto

J. J. Abrams

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto

 
Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams in STATE OF PLAY
Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe in STATE OF PLAY Photos
Sylvia Miles, John Barry at MIDNIGHT COWBOY Screening
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Joseph Pevney

Director Joseph Pevney died this past May 18. He was 96.
Pevney was best known — among the few who’d heard of him — for his 1950s B-movies made at Universal, though beginning in the late 1950s he went on to direct countless episodes of TV series ranging from Bewitched and The Big Valley to Star Trek and The Incredible Hulk.
Among Pevney’s 1950s efforts are the Frank Sinatra drama Meet Danny Wilson (1951), made when Sinatra’s career was in the doldrums; Desert Legion (1953), starring Alan Ladd; It Happens Every Thursday (1952), Loretta Young’s last feature film; and 3 Ring Circus (1954), with Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Joanne Dru.
Also, the over-the-top melodrama Female on the Beach (photo, 1954), which [...]

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