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Vampires and werewolves reigned supreme as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse earned $64 million over the Independence Day weekend, and a total of $83 million since opening Wednesday June 30. M. Night Shyamalan's latest offering, Nickelodeon-based The Last Airbender , opened in 2nd with $40 million under its belt, despite the poor reviews it has received. Last week's topnotcher and critically-acclaimed Toy Story 3 slips to 3rd place with still a strong $30 million. Twilight sequel Eclipse shines at US box office 'Twilight' climbs to $83.6M over holiday weekend

Superbad wins the box office race this weekend as the teen comedy rakes in $33 million, edging out last week's number one movie Rush Hour 3 , which placed at number 2, and the Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig sci-fi horror remake The Invasion , which tanked and opened at 5th place. Superbad stars relatively unknown actors Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, and produced by fast-rising Judd Apatow, whose previous works include The 40-Year-Old Virgin , Anchorman , and the surprise 2007 hit Knocked-Up . Superbad tops US box office chart 'Superbad' Wins Weekend With $33 Million

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker prove they still have charm over movie goers as their movie Rush Hour 3 tops the box office charts this weekend by earning a healthy $50.2 million. Stardust, another new entry this week, earned a measly $9.01 million to place 4th this week. 'Rush Hour' still in the fast lane 'Rush Hour 3' Debuts No. 1 at Box Office

The Matt Damon-Paul Greengrass spy thriller The Bourne Ultimatum proved a winner as it conquers the North American box office this weekend with a whopping $70 million, the biggest August opening yet. Last week's winner The Simpsons Movie slips to number 2, while Disney movie Underdog enters the charts at number 3 with $12 million. Third Bourne movie tops US chart 'The Bourne Ultimatum' Earns $70 Million 'Bourne' breaks box office records

The Simpsons Movie beat out other films during the weekend in America as it raked in $72 million. Other new entries No Reservations and I Know Who Killed Me debuted at numbers 5 and 9 respectively. 'The Simpsons Movie' earns big Doh! Simpsons claim box office victory

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, the latest comedy film by Adam Sandler, topped the American box office during the July 20-22 weekend, pushing last week's number 1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix down to number 2. New musical comedy Hairspray debuts at number 3. ‘Chuck & Larry’ Bests Harry Potter at Box Office Sandler comedy takes US top spot

Transformers was a huge success in US and Canada during the July 6 to 8 weekend. Yay!!! Here's the top 20 movies of the weekend if you're interested.

Transformers was one of my favorite cartoon shows growing up. When I first heard of the news that they're going to make a live action movie of it, at first I was a bit weary. The show had been off the air for more than a decade now (well, I mean the show has reruns on some channels but no new episodes). Slowly, as "spoilers" leak in, I got excited. Could it really become a good film? I've seen the movie, and I have to admit I love it. There were some flaws, but the movie was so fun to watch that you'll just don't care about those flaws. Since the Philippines was one of the countries who showed Transformers earlier than the US, I didn't know if it would be a hit or a miss in the US. (If a movie is a hit in the US, you can say that it would be a hit everywhere else). Now that it's been shown in America, I'm glad that it did well in the box-office! Hopefully this means they'll do a sequel. BBC news on the success of Transformers