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The critically acclaimed "Hangover" slipped to second place with 26.9 million dollars in box office receipts, increasing its three-week gross to 159.9 million dollars.
The Pixar animated feature "Up" dropped down to third place, earning 21.3 million dollars for the weekend. The movie about a grumpy balloon salesman who flies off to South America has grossed 224.1 million dollars since its release four weeks ago.
"Year One," about a couple of prehistoric hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) on a romp through the ancient world, fared less well at the box office, taking in 20.2 million dollars in its debut weekend.
"The Taking of Pelhman 123," with John Travolta as the villain in this remake of a 1974 Hollywood classic about a subway hijacking, reaped 11.3 million dollars in its second weekend out. It has grossed 43.3 million dollars so far.
The weekend take for comedy sequel "Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian," now in its fifth week, came to 7.3 million dollars.
Sci-fi blockbuster "Star Trek" hung in for a seventh week, ringing up 4.7 million to bring its gross to 239.4 million dollars.
"Land of the Lost," starring comedian Will Ferrell, dropped to eighth place from fifth with just under four million dollars in box office receipts.
"Imagine That," the Eddie Murphy family comedy, earned 3.1 million dollars in its second week.
In tenth place was "Terminator: Salvation," starring Welsh-born actor Christian Bale in the role of a post-apocalypse resistance leader fighting power-hungry machines. It took in three million dollars on its fifth weekend out.
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The Pixar animated feature "Up" dropped down to third place, earning 21.3 million dollars for the weekend. The movie about a grumpy balloon salesman who flies off to South America has grossed 224.1 million dollars since its release four weeks ago.
"Year One," about a couple of prehistoric hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) on a romp through the ancient world, fared less well at the box office, taking in 20.2 million dollars in its debut weekend.
"The Taking of Pelhman 123," with John Travolta as the villain in this remake of a 1974 Hollywood classic about a subway hijacking, reaped 11.3 million dollars in its second weekend out. It has grossed 43.3 million dollars so far.
The weekend take for comedy sequel "Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian," now in its fifth week, came to 7.3 million dollars.
Sci-fi blockbuster "Star Trek" hung in for a seventh week, ringing up 4.7 million to bring its gross to 239.4 million dollars.
"Land of the Lost," starring comedian Will Ferrell, dropped to eighth place from fifth with just under four million dollars in box office receipts.
"Imagine That," the Eddie Murphy family comedy, earned 3.1 million dollars in its second week.
In tenth place was "Terminator: Salvation," starring Welsh-born actor Christian Bale in the role of a post-apocalypse resistance leader fighting power-hungry machines. It took in three million dollars on its fifth weekend out.
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