Mon, 13 July 2009 03:39:11 ET

Sacha Baron Cohen's film "Bruno" has nabbed No. 1 spot at the weekend U.S. box office. The controversial movie, according to Universal Pictures, has pulled in an estimated $30.4 million on Sunday, July 12 since its premiere on Friday, July 10. Although the flick got the first position at the box office, the amount collected at the weekend has dropped from its opening day.
The comedy film gained $14.4 million at the Friday premiere but then tumbled with $8.8 million on Saturday and $7.2 million on Sunday. Paul Dergarabedian, a box-office analyst for Hollywood.com, claimed the situation happened to "Bruno" as "unusual" before then stating, "It's going to be interesting to see how it does over the long run."
Sitting on the second position was 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs". The summer animation movie earned an estimated $28.5 million in ticket sales at its second weekend, which raised the domestic total gross of the "Ice Age" sequel to $120.6 million.
Meanwhile, Paramount's sci-fi blockbuster "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" finished third with $24.2 million after two weekends in the No. 1 spot. The number has raised its domestic haul to $339.2 million which has passed the $319 million total of 2007's "Transformers".
"Public Enemies", with $14.1 million in ticket sales, and "The Proposal", which earned $10.5 million, also joined the box office in the fourth and fifth places. Rounding up the top ten were "The Hangover", "I Love You, Beth Cooper", "Up", "My Sister's Keeper" and "The Taking of Pelham 123".
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