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Posted: Friday, 03 July 2009 7:51AM
Ice Age Freezes Out The U.S. Box Office On Opening Day
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The latest Ice Age sequel is freezing out the Transformers at the U.S. box office after scoring an opening day take of $13.8 million.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opened in almost 4,000 cinemas on Wednesday and scored a new record for the biggest opening day gross for an animated film bowing on a Wednesday.
Shrek 2 opened with $11.8 million on a Wednesday in May, 2004.
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen claimed the biggest Wednesday gross of all-time last week; the sequel took in more than $60 million in its first day on release.
That's the second biggest single-day gross in U.S. box office history - $7 million behind The Dark Knight's overall single-day record, which was set last year.
A week later and the Transformers sequel is still racking up huge box office numbers - it grossed an estimated $10.9 million on Wednesday, according to trade magazine Daily Variety.
The Michael Bay blockbuster has tallied over $240 million in just eight days.
Despite the strong start from the Ice Age sequel, industry experts expect Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen to hold on to the number one spot at the U.S box office.
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Article Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2009 http://www.wenn.com/
Photo(s) Copyright Getty Images 2009.
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