The second Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen, landed far huger than its predecessor, raking in an impressive $112 million in its first weekend, and $201 million since its early opening on Wednesday. Considering it had a production budget of $200 million and is already in black ink, that makes this movie in every way one of the biggest opens of the year. Needless to say, it topped the weekend box office results.

The other major opening, My Sister’s Keeper, was about $100 million less impressive, opening in fifth place with only $12 million and needed GPS systems to locate it on the box office results chart.

The Proposal, The Hangover and Up took second, third and fourth places respectively, none of them able to top even $20 million. Year One fell precipitously, to sixth place with only $5.8 million, meaning look for it on Blu-Ray sooner than later.

Following the third series of the ITV hit Primeval, the British broadcaster announced they will not renew Primeval for a fourth series. The show, which averaged six million viewers in its first two series, was down to five million viewers in the third series, which is still way more than Reaper got in the US.

Of course, no viewer diet pill would have been enough to force Primeval’s ratings down to Reaper territory if the show had been anywhere near as popular as BBC-1′s Doctor Who. Just goes to show you that a Time Lord can still beat a dinosaur, even if Matt Smith is the Time Lord in question.

It was a lackluster week for new flicks this weekend as The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 drew only $25 million, a weak third-place finish, while Imagine that drew a mere $5.7 million over its debut weekend, good enough only for sixth place.

The box office champ was The Hangover, which drew a strong second week posting of $33.4 million to bring its 10-day total to over $105 million domestically. The Pixar film Up! continued to perform well, drawing $30.5 million in its third week, for a total of $187 million domestically to day, against a $175 million production budget.

One movie in need of disability insurance is Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost, which fell to fifth place in its second week, drawing a meager $9.1 million in its second week, bringing its 10-day total to only $34.9 after the dinosaur flick cost $100 million to make. Of course the primary mistake for Ferrell was to take a Saturday morning live-action kids show, and turn it into a sex-driven, foul-mouthed adult comedy.

Of course, turning Holly from his daughter into a scientist girlfriend was not all that wise for those of us old enough to remember the Sid and Marty Kroft show, either.

The final episode of Reaper was one of the most-watched of the season; but it may not matter as the series seems headed into the abyss, unless it’s saved by syndication or whoever programs The CW Sunday Night schedule next season, which doesn’t appear likely.

Tyler Labine won’t return either way, it appears, as he has been cast in Fox’s Sons of Tuscon. Which is too bad because Labine was a consistent high point of Reaper. Perhaps it’s better if Sam and company stay dead; otherwise Ray Wise’s Satan may need to look into some appetite suppressants that work for all the camera-gobbling he’s been doing the last two seasons. Great performance!

Actress Karen Gillan is about to go from unknown to Who-fan object of obsession. It turns out none of the Doctors companions who’ve shared the TARDIS with David Tennant’s doctor will follow over to the new Doctor’s reign, Matt Smith. Instead, he’ll be accompanied by Gillan, who is 21 and unveiled by BBC as Smith’s new assistant over the weekend.

The boost in profile alone for the actress could help her afford some nice Wilmington NC real estate here stateside, where she might have a better chance to avoid all the geek attention sure to come her way when series five of the new Doctor Who debuts in 2010.