Wall-E, Wanted tops for weekend

Pixar’s animated robat flick topped Universal’s Angelina-mated assassin flick over the weekend, but both opened quite well, combining for a monstrous weekend at the box office. Wall-E won out with $62.5 million in its opening weekend, about a third of its $180 million budget; Wanted opened well above expectations with $51.1 million, or over two-thirds of its relatively modest $75 million budget. It all combined for a spectacular box office weekend that kept popcorn machines popping, prior to the coming July 4 holiday.

Last week’s champ, Get Smart, held on to third with a healthy second-week take of $20 million, bringing its total to $77.2 million after two weeks, against an $80 million budget. Kung Fu Panda dropped precipitously with the new competition for kids flicks from Wall-E, and took in only $11.7 million. Incredible Hulk was a strong fifth-placer with $9.2 million. With domestic box office now at $115 million and another $65 million in global box office, Incredible Hulk is now at $180 million, or $30 million into profit mode.

All 12 movies in the top 12 this weekend made at least $1 million or more.