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Comic book movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" slashed its rivals at North American box offices over the weekend, taking in $87 million to rank No. 1 in the first major debut of Hollywood's summer movie season.
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Matthew McMcConaughey and Jennifer Garner's "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" landed in the No. 2 spot with $15.3 million.
Last week's champ, the thriller "Obsessed," dropped to 3rd place with a weekend haul of $12.2 million.
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine," was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. [NWS
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"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' was released by New Line Cinema, a unit of the Warner Bros. movie-studio wing of Time Warner. [TWX
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"Obsessed" was distributed by Screen Gems, a division of Sony's Sony Pictures Entertainment. [SNE
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>> MEDIA MONEY with Julia Borstin
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
1) Wolverine ..................... $87.0 million
2) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past .... $15.3 million
3) Obsessed ...................... $12.2 million
4) 17 Again ...................... $ 6.4 million
5) Monsters vs. Aliens ........... $ 5.8 million
6) The Soloist ................... $ 5.6 million
7) Earth ......................... $ 4.2 million
8) Fighting ...................... $ 4.2 million
9) Hannah Montana: The Movie ..... $ 4.0 million
10) State of Play ................. $ 3.7 million
TOTALS TO DATE
Monsters vs. Aliens ........... $182.4 million
X-Men Origins: Wolverine ...... $ 87.0 million
Hannah Montana: The Movie ..... $ 70.9 million
17 Again ...................... $ 48.5 million
Obsessed ...................... $ 47.0 million
State of Play ................. $ 30.9 million
Earth ......................... $ 21.8 million
The Soloist ................... $ 18.1 million
Fighting ...................... $ 17.5 million
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past .... $ 15.3 million
Source: Studio estimates compiled by Reuters
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