Up Soars To US #1

01 June 2009

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Up has soared to the top of the U.S box office toppling Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian with a $68.2 million gross.

The movie is just the latest in a long line of Pixar movies successes at the box office and it has become the third best opening for a Disney/Pixar movie.

Up is a coming of age story as Carl Fredricksen has spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest.

When Carl was a child, he met and eventually married a girl named Ellie who grew up in a small midwestern town.

Ellie always dreamed of exploring the mountains but died before she got a chance. Now, when developers threaten to move him into an assisted living home, Carl decides to fulfil his promise to Ellie

But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

After just one week at the top the second Night at the Museum movie had to settle for a distant second.

Drag Me to Hell, the new movie from Sam Raimi, opened at number three with a rather modest gross of $16.6 million in comparison to Raimi's blockbuster success with Spiderman.

Terminator Salvation dropped two place to number four while Star Trek grossed a further $12.8 million to round off the top five.

1. "Up," $68.2 million.

2. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," $25.5 million.

3. "Drag Me to Hell," $16.6 million.

4. "Terminator Salvation," $16.1 million.

5. "Star Trek," $12.8 million.

6. "Angels & Demons," $11.2 million.

7. "Dance Flick," $4.9 million.

8. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," $3.9 million.

9. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," $1.9 million.

10. "Obsessed," $665,000

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