The Box Office: Pixar’s Up Takes First Place

While it should come as no surprise, Pixar’s movie Up took first place at the box office opening weekend by a landslide, coming in at $68.2 million as of Sunday. Pixar Animation is on a roll with all 10 of their movies being huge commercial successes.

Ben Stiller’s sequel Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian dropped to second place with $25.5 million, still not a bad chunk of change for a sequel that has now taken in over $105 million.

The horror flick Drag Me To Hell didn’t open as well as Sam Raimi’s other movies, opening with $16.6 million.

These are the estimated ticket sales from Friday to Sunday according to Hollywood.com. Final profits will be released later today.

1. Up – $68.2 million

2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – $25.5 million

3. Drag Me to Hell – $16.6 million

4. Terminator Salvation – $16.1 million

5. Star Trek - $12.8 million

6. Angels & Demons - $11.2 million

7. Dance Flick – $4.9 million

8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $3.9 million

9. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - $1.9 million

10. Obsessed - $665,000