Film Squirrel

The Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds rom-com The Proposal opened at the top of the box office with a stellar $34.1 million based on weekend estimates. It’s Bullock’s biggest opener yet and her first film to the top the box office in a decade. Not surprisingly, chicks made up 63 percent of audiences.

Faring less well was the Jack Black-Michael Cera laffer Year One. It earned $20.2 million to place 4th for the weekend. Expect the $60 million budgeted film to suffer a second week collapse and struggle to cross the $50 million mark domestically. Blame bad reviews, lame trailers, and the lack of a known female lead.

The Hangover continues to be the story of the summer as it racked up another $26.9 million, an amazing drop of only 18 percent from last weekend. It’s already delivered $152.9 million in seventeen days and with legs like these is a cinch to cross $200 million and most likely move into even more hallowed territory surpassing Beverly Hills Cop as the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all-time. You can bet Bradley Cooper’s asking price just tripled for the sequel.

Disney/Pixar’s Up moved past last summer’s Pixar entry Wall-E as it pocketed another $21.3 million. It’s new cume stands at $224.1 million and it should top Star Trek by the end of next weekend as the year’s number one movie.

Rounding out the top 5 was The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 which dropped a staggering 50 percent to finish with just $11.3 million.

Overall, the box-office was up 3 percent over the same weekend last year when Get Smart opened to $38.7 million.