Disney and Pixar Animation's Up reeled in $44.2-million (U.S.) to remain on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row, according to studio estimates yesterday. The Warner Bros. bachelor-bash comedy The Hangover came in a close second with a $43.3-million debut. Will Ferrell's action comedy for Universal, Land of the Lost, was third with a $19.5-million opening.
Overall revenues fell for the second weekend in a row, which puts the brakes on what has been shaping up as a record revenue year for the movie business.
Three big sequels - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - open within three weeks of one another starting June 24 which may lead to another surge.