Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund CGX.UN-T smashed through its previous box office record in the third quarter of 2009, reporting revenue of $155.9-million on a series of blockbusters.

“While the third quarter of 2008 featured the strong performance of The Dark Knight, which finished as the second-highest grossing film of all time in North America [Titanic is No. 1], the third quarter of 2009 benefited from film product catering to a wider range of film audiences, and the success of the premium priced 3D and IMAX product,” Cineplex said.

Profit increased to $20.4-million, up from $18.4-million a year earlier, “in spite of challenging economic conditions in Canada during this time frame.”

Here's what played well on the silver screen in the third quarter:

Top five Cineplex films:

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (accounting for 12.3 per cent of box office revenue) *IMAX

20th Century Fox

Scrat once again finds himself in harm's way in a scene from, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

2) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (accounting for 7 per cent of box office revenue) *3D

Sharlto Copley, Mandla Gaduka and Kenneth Nkosi in TriStar Pictures' sci-fi thriller DISTRICT 9.

3) District 9 (accounting for 6.3 per cent of box office revenue)

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Eli Roth (left) and Brad Pitt are part of a lethal unit of Jewish commandos who beat Nazis with baseball bats, then take their scalps.

4) Inglorious Basterds (accounting for 5.9 per cent of box office revenue)

Paramount Pictures

Optimus Prime in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

5) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (accounting for 5.9 per cent of box office revenue) *IMAX

Last year’s top five:

Warner Bros.

Heath Ledger starred as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

1) The Dark Knight (accounting for 22 per cent of box office revenue in the third quarter of 2008)

Peter Montain

Donna and The Dynamos(L to R) Tanya Chesham-Leigh (CHRISTINE BARANSKI), Donna Sheridan (MERYL STREEP) and Rosie Rice (JULIE WALTERS)?lead a Greek chorus in the musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia!

2) Mamma Mia! (accounting for 6.9 per cent of box office revenue)

Will Smith stars in Columbia Pictures' action comedy HANCOCK.

3) Hancock (accounting for 6.4 per cent of box office revenue)

Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller, left) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr., right) are shooting an epic war movie and wind up in a real battle in the action comedy "Tropic Thunder."

4) Tropic Thunder (accounting for 5.1 per cent of box office revenue)

Brendan Fraser stars as "Trevor", Josh Hutcherson stars as "Sean" and Anita Briem stars as "Hannah" in New Line Cinema's release of Eric Brevig's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.

5) Journey to the Center of the Earth (accounting for 5 per cent of box office revenue)

Pass the popcorn: Concession revenue hits new high

Concession revenues were up 9.1 per cent, to $77.99-million, from the year-ago period, primarily because of a 4.4-per-cent increase in attendance and 4.5-per-cent increase in average concession revenue per patron.

The $4.15 in average concession revenue per patron is the highest ever, up 6 cents from the second quarter of 2009.

This was due, in part to the slate of movies, with three of the quarter’s top five “catering to the family demographic, who tend to be higher concession spenders,” Cineplex said.