Box Office 6/21/09

Box Office successes and failures are usually more reliant on marketing, timing, and luck than the quality of the film so I don't typically comment on it. But there is something worth noting this June. The Hangover fell off an amazing 18% from its prior week. Along with the surprising successes of Gran Torino and Taken, I don't think I'm going too far in saying that the typical American male is fed up with political correctness and the Oprahfication of everything. Click below for the list.

This week's total, percentage change, cumulative total.

1. The Proposal= $34.1 mil
2. The Hangover = $26.9 mil (-18%) / ($153m)
3. Up = $21.3 mil (-31%) / ($224m)
4. Year One = $20.2
5. The Taking of Pelham 123 = $11.3 mil (-53%) / ($43m)
6. Night at the Museum: BotS = $7.3 mil (-24%) / ($156m)
7. Star Trek = $4.7 mil (-14%) / ($239m)
8. Land of the Lost = $4.0 mil (-56%) / ($44m)
9. Imagine That = $3.10 mil (-44%) / ($11m)
10. Terminator Salvation = $3.07 mil (-36%) / ($120m)