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Blog Entries by Scott Mendelson from 07/2009

Transformers 2 barely beats Ice Age 3 while Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July, 2009 weekend box office in review.

| Posted 07.05.2009

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are literally tied at $42.5 million, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers.

Lay Off Lindsay Lohan for Turning Down The Hangover

| Posted 07.09.2009

You can't go on and on about what a big surprise the film's success was, then make fun of someone who didn't see it coming.

Box Office Weekend in Review: Bruno Wins the Weekend

| Posted 07.12.2009

Bruno was heavily front loaded and there are countless reports of mass walkouts as the film apparently proved too vulgar and/or extreme for even many Borat fans.

Huff Post Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

| Posted 07.14.2009

By any normal standard, this is a wonderfully involving and entertaining tent pole popcorn entertainment. But this is still the weakest Harry Potter film of the series.

HuffPost Box Office in Review

| Posted 07.19.2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince triumphs, Bruno collapses, and Ice Age quietly becomes a box office monster.

Huff Post Review: Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

| Posted 07.21.2009

The newest DC Animated Universe feature, Green Lantern: First Flight, is a well-acted and crisply directed science fiction action adventure.

HuffPost Weekend Box Office in Review: G-Force Defeats Harry Potter 6

| Posted 07.26.2009

The number one film of the weekend was G-Force, yet another entry in the "Jerry Bruckheimer makes an action movie for kids" sub-genre.

Harry Potter and the Future of Day-and-Date Simultaneous IMAX/35mm Releases

| Posted 07.29.2009

If Harry Potter sees a substantial bump in box office this weekend, could this be the end of same day 35mm/IMAX releases?