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CORRECTED - The top movies at the North American box office

Sun Aug 9, 2009 12:44pm EDT

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(Corrects prior weekend ranking for "A Perfect Getaway" to show that it is a new release)

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LOS ANGELES, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on Aug. 7, led by the new action movie "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ......... $56.2 million

2 (*) Julie & Julia ........ $20.1 million

3 (3) G-Force .............. $ 9.8 million

4 (2) Harry Potter ......... $ 8.9 million

5 (1) Funny People ......... $ 7.9 million

6 (4) The Ugly Truth........ $ 7.0 million

7 (*) A Perfect Getaway .... $ 5.8 million

8 (5) Aliens in the Attic .. $ 4.0 million

=9 (6) Orphan................ $ 3.7 million

=9(12) (500) Days of Summer . $ 3.7 million

NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new release.

TOTALS TO DATE

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . $273.8 million

G-Force .. $ 86.1 million

The Ugly Truth .......... $ 69.1 million

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ............ $ 56.2 million

Funny People ............ $ 40.4 million

Orphan ... $ 34.8 million

Julie & Julia ... ....... $ 20.1 million

Aliens in the Attic ..... $ 16.3 million

(500) Days of Summer .... $ 12.3 million

A Perfect Getaway ....... $ 5.8 million

"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" was released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc (VIAb.N).

"Julie & Julia" and "The Ugly Truth" were released by Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp (6758.T) (SNE.N).

"G-Force" was released by Walt Disney Pictures, and "The Proposal" by Touchstone Pictures. Both are units of Walt Disney Co (DIS.N).

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Orphan" were released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N).

"Funny People" was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's (GE.N) NBC Universal. Universal also released "A Perfect Getaway" on behalf of closely held Relativity Media's Rogue Pictures unit.

"Aliens in the Attic" was released by 20th Century Fox, and "(500) Days of Summer" by Fox Searchlight. Both are units of News Corp (NWSA.O).

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