District 9
District 9 has toppled G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra off the top of the U.S. box office.
The Peter Jackson produced movie grossed $37 million in it's opening weekend to comfortably claim the number one spot.
Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world.
The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out.
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra had to settle for the number two grossing a further $22.5 million. And it there was good support for The Time Traveler's Wife as it opened at number three.
Julie & Julia fell two places from two to four while there was also a two place fall for G-Force from three to five.
There were also new entries for The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which opened at six, and for the latest movie from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki with Ponyo, which opened at nine.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was this week's biggest faller as it dropped three places from four to seven.
1. District 9 - $37,000,000
2. G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra - $22,500,000
3. The Time Traveler's Wife - $19,205,000
4. Julie & Julia - $12,400,000
5. G-Force - $6,908,000
6. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard - $5,350,000
7. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - $5,155,000
8. The Ugly Truth - $4,500,000
9. Ponyo - $3,506,000
10. (500) Days of Summer - $3,025,000
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