The newcomers stormed the box office this weekend, but only the Disney CG-heavy family adventure film G-Force had the strength to knock Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the top spot.
G-Force grossed $32.2 million in its opening weekend, edging out the $30 million weekend haul earned by the sixth Potter film, which has so far earned a total of $221 million domestically.
Also doing well was the romantic comedy The Ugly Truth, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, earning $27 million in its opening weekend. The horror film Orphan opened in fourth place with $12.7 million.
The previous wave of blockbusters fell back this past weekend, with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs slipping to fifth place with $8.2 million and a total of $171 million. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed $8 million, for a total $379 million and The Hangover took in $6.5 million for a total $140 million.
Disney-Pixar’s Up slipped to twelfth place, with a weekend total of $1.6 million and an overall total of $283 million.
