Weekend Box Office June 24, 2011 - June 26, 2011

As expected, "Cars 2" came in at number 1 at the box office this past weekend.
Despite dismal reviews, the Pixar sequel took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $68 million. Cars 2 makes Pixar’s number one opening weekend record 12 for 12. Predictions were all over the map, from 50′s to 70′s. In 2006, Cars earned $60.1 million, but with the increase in ticket sales, that number would translate to around $72.1 million today. Overseas it has earned $42.9 million giving it a total of $110.9 million worldwide. This weekend’s other wide release was "Bad Teacher", got the number two spot with a total of $31 million. The comedy, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, was rated R and had mixed reviews, which made predictions around the low 20′s. However, it was the only new adult choice at the box office this weekend.

TW		Title	Studio	Weekend	Theaters	Total	Week
1		Cars 2	Disney•Pixar	$68,000,000	4,115	$68,000,000	1
2		Bad Teacher	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$31,000,000	3,049	$31,000,000	1
3		Green Lantern	Warner Bros. Pictures	$18,350,000	3,816	$89,311,000	2
4		Super 8	Paramount Pictures	$12,100,000	3,424	$95,186,000	3
5		Mr. Popper's Penguins	20th Century Fox	$10,300,000	3,342	$39,448,000	2
6		X-Men: First Class	20th Century Fox	$6,600,000	2,633	$132,815,000	4
7		The Hangover Part II	Warner Bros. Pictures	$5,865,000	2,755	$243,943,000	5
8		Bridesmaids	Universal Pictures	$5,372,000	2,031	$146,659,000	7
9		Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films	$4,702,000	2,244	$229,060,000	6
10		Midnight in Paris	Sony Pictures Classics	$4,481,000	951	$28,580,000	6
11		Kung Fu Panda 2	DreamWorks Animation	$4,150,000	2,527	$153,042,000	5
12		The Tree of Life	Fox Searchlight Pictures	$1,360,000	215	$5,875,000	5