
Transformers: Dark of the Moon has remained at the top of the US box office for the second weekend in a row.
The Michael Bay-directed epic took $47 million this weekend, bringing its overall domestic total to $261 million.
The Paramount Pictures action feature has now surpassed The Hangover Part II as the year’s highest grossing film so far.
R-rated comedy Horrible Bosses lands in second place taking $28 million, while the Kevin James-led family comedy Zookeeper opened to a disappointing $21 million.
Pixar sequel Cars 2 took $15.2 million, while Bad Teacher rounded out the top five with $9 million.
This week’s US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (1) Transformers: Dark of the Moon – $47,000,000
2. (-) Horrible Bosses – $28,100,000
3. (-) Zookeeper – $21,000,000
4. (2) Cars 2 – $15,209,000
5. (3) Bad Teacher – $9,000,000
6. (4) Larry Crowne – $6,264,000
7. (6) Super 8 – $4,825,000
8. (5) Monte Carlo – $3,800,000
9. (7) Green Lantern – $3,125,000
10. (8) Mr. Popper’s Penguins – $2,850,000