With an estimated $48 million three-day take, Angels and Demons, the prequel to the Ron Howard-directed, Tom Hanks-starring DaVinci Code, just barely took top honors at the box office this weekend, despite deep protests from the Catholic church over the movies “historical distortions.”

Coming in a close second place, Star Trek managed $43 million in its second week of release, bringing its total to date to over $147 million. Third place was Marvel Entertainment’s merry mutant slice-fest, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which drew a meager $14.8 million in its third week, finally topping $150 million to enter profit mode, but Star Trek is breathing on Wolverine’s heels and is expected to overtake the superhero flick in the coming week.

If that isn’t appetite suppressant enough for you, perhaps this’ll do the trick: no other movie even came close to topping $10 million in box office. Things should heat up considerably next weekend, however, as both Night At the Museum: Showdown at the Smithsonian and Terminator Salvation are scheduled to open, with Terminator Salvation expected to open huge.