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No Megan Fox, no problem -- 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' still managed to rock the box office this holiday weekend. The sexy star may not have returned for the third installment in the franchise, but it didn't matter because director Michael Bay's latest offering took in $116.1 million over the four-day holiday weekend, en route to winning the box office battle.

As expected, Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′ easily took first place at the weekend box office, netting a healthy $68 million. That’s about $8 million higher than the original ‘Cars,’ which opened to $60.1 million in 2006.

Did you see it?  What did you think?  The low totals didn't meet hopes of the studio for the first week.  While not being panned across the board, the reviews have not been great overall which may very well hinder it's ability to have staying power in theaters.  In comparison, Super 8 and its positive buzz and word of mouth keep it performing well and also keeps it on track to be one of this summe

As expected the latest summer blockbuster super hero film was the top money earner this weekend. The latest episode of the long-running and popular X-Men franchise, X-Men: First Class, took the number one spot at the North American box office this weekend...

The 'Hangover' boys were back for another booze-filled adventure this weekend, and as box office estimates showed, audiences were more than willing to go along for the ride. The sequel to the 2009 smash comedy took in a whopping $105.8 million over four days, helping to make this weekend the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever at the box office. Even better for 'Part II,' its $86.0 intake between Fr

'Thor' continued to show its strength at the box office this weekend. The Marvel superhero flick, starring breakout hunk Chris Hemsworth, took in an estimated $34.5 million, bringing its 10-day total to $119.3 million. Overall, 'Thor' was down 48 percent from last weekend, according to EW.com.

As expected, 'Thor' enjoyed a solid performance at the weekend box office. The superhero flick, which impressed most critics with its action-packed storyline and breakout performance by star Chris Hemsworth, took in an impressive $66 million, leaving the rest of the competition in the dust. Globally, the film has already grossed $242 million, according to Variety.

'Fast Five' kicked into high gear at the weekend box office. The action-packed sequel, the fifth in the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, took in a whopping $83.6 million, setting a record for the best April opening ever. (April's previous owner was fittingly 2009's 'Fast and Furious, with $71 million.) 'Fast Five's' impressive debut was more than enough to dethrone last weekend's box office champ

The weekend box office brought good news and bad news for comedian Russell Brand. The good news: Brand's live-action/animated comedy 'Hop' took the top spot for the second weekend in a row, with $21.7 million. That marks a 42 percent drop from last weekend, bringing the film's grand total to $68.2 million thus far. Unfortunately, Brand's other movie, 'Arthur,' a remake of the Oscar-winning '80s co

The animated film starting the voice of Johnny Depp as 'Rango' topped the box office this weekend pulling in an estimated $38 million. The quirky comedy features Depp playing a chameleon in the old west.