1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — $79.5 million
Did you have to sit in the front row this weekend because all the cineplexes were packed with hooch-swillin hipsters and wonderment-enthusiasts? We did! But wasn't it grand (in spite of Snape's man bangs)

2. Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs — $17.7 million
What kind of fun-hating parent dragged their kid to see this CGI'd kind of dullness instead of Harry Potter this weekend? Shame on them! Is it because of Potter's pagan themes or sexually subversive undertones? It's a bewildering world when a project involving Dennis Leary is considered family friendly.

3. Transformers: Rise of the Fallen — $13.8 million
Bay's mediation on the illusory nature of plot still continues to resonate with movie goers. In the cacophony of noise and the visual abyss nestled between Megan Fox's chest orbs, the modern movie man can confront the terrifying absurdity of existence. I mean, it's tough now-a-days to get audiences to sit through an art flick so a drop to third place this week is still an admirable position to be in.

4. Brüno — $8.4 million
Aw, you guys remember Brüno? You know that hateful little mockumentary that shoved a mirror in Appalachia's meth ravaged face and said "Look! Look at what an ugly homophobic face you have!" And how we talked about it! As if it would be some kind of milestone in cinematic gay-straight relations. But now, just two weeks since Brüno's shoved his gadfly tushie in our bigoted faces, we realize that the culture has shifted beneath Brüno's Bavarian feet. Audiences don't seemed thrilled to witness others humiliated just to prove a political point.

5. The Hangover — $8.3 million
The man driven laffer continues to pull in the cargo-short set. And good for them! Warners hasn't made this much money with an R-rated summer comedy since Beverly Hills Cop — not to be confused with Beverly Hills Ninja which stared Chris Farley. Hm, is Zach Greekname the thinking man's Farley? Or is he like the hipsters' Eddie Murphy?

6. through 9. The Proposal Up My Sister's Public Enemies — various millions
Sandra Bullock's embargo on time travel movies has proved to be a wise decision with another $ 8.3 million for The Proposal this weekend. Public Enemies, Michael Mann's 2-hour love letter to boring made $7.6 million. What's Up is that Pixar is still being beautiful and rich at the box office with $ 3.1 million this weekend. And even though My Sister's Keeper, which made $2.8 million, looks like 90 minute paper cut we should all still think good thoughts about Abigail Breslin because she's just a walking glob of adorable talent.

In My Sister's Keeper, Diaz plays a woman who decides to go bald after her daughter loses her hair due to illness. Which is remarkably similar to that episode of Sex And The City when Smith shaves his head because Samantha is losing her hair. Only that was quasi-romantic and a mere one-episode story line, whereas Diaz's hair loss appears to be a major non-alluring factor throughout the whole film. Is it just us, or does she look just like Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin's daughter in Coneheads? Without needing a prosthetic cone at all?

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Judging by Cameron's Uggs, Jason's visible pudge and Sofia's far-from-camera-ready sunscreen face, we have to doubt the possibility that this scene will make its way into the movie. Not to mention the pair's shocked glares upon realizing they'd been caught in the act. Plus, this is Cameron Diaz we're talking about. Since the trauma of splitting with Justin Timberlake, Cammy's been fond of flinging herself from fling to fling (most recently she's been linked to 300 star Gerard Butler). Whatever Diaz and Patric are doing, we're not nominating them for any "Hottest On-Set Hookup" lists any time soon.

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