{"id":304,"date":"2009-05-25T21:55:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T01:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=304"},"modified":"2009-05-25T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T01:55:59","slug":"weekend-box-office-museum-wins-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/25\/weekend-box-office-museum-wins-holiday-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: &#8220;Museum&#8221; Wins Holiday Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The streak of box office victories for action thrillers ended this weekend as as &#8220;Terminator: Salvation&#8221; fell to family film &#8220;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Museum&#8221; earned an estimated $70 million over the four day holiday weekend, an advantage of more than $16 million over &#8220;Salvation,&#8221; which grossed $53.8 million this weekend.  Adding in &#8220;Terminator&#8221;&#8216;s Thursday showings still doesn&#8217;t change the hierarchy; its cumulative gross so far is $67.2 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\night at the museum&#038;iid=4800513\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/1\/a\/a\/4\/Night_At_The_9b9b.JPG?adImageId=1229379&#038;imageId=4800513\" width=\"320\" height=\"433\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Night At The Museum\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The two new films still collectively dominated the box office, with &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; coming in third on $29.4 million.  &#8220;Angels &#038; Demons,&#8221; last week&#8217;s winner, dropped to fourth with $27.7 million while new release &#8220;Dance Flick&#8221; made little impact at fifth with $13.1 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEEKEND TOP TEN<\/strong>:<br \/>\n1)   Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian &#8211; 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