Star Trek beams cash into its its vaults, Wolverine still roars, Angels and Demons squeaks in with a so so opening weekend

NYT: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” was No. 3 with an estimated $14.8 million in sales, giving this 20th Century Fox picture a new total of $151.1 million in North America.

SHOOT: Terminator Salvation is next, should be good.

clipped from www.nytimes.com LOS ANGELES — “Angels & Demons,” much-ballyhooed “Da Vinci Code” sibling, opened to solid if unspectacular ticket sales in the United States over the weekend, hampered by poor reviews and limited interest among teenagers. But results were stronger overseas. But the expensive “Angels & Demons” — talent like the director Ron Howard, Mr. Hanks and the marquee writers Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp doesn’t come cheap — was expected by the industry to dominate its opening weekend easily. Instead “Star Trek,” the critically praised franchise reboot from Paramount Pictures and the director J. J. Abrams, came close to repeating as No. 1 for the second week in a row. “Star Trek” was No. 2 with an estimated $43 million in ticket sales. The movie, which has now sold $148 million in tickets in North America, has shown remarkable hold on moviegoer attention at a time when most big summer “tentpole” pictures open to huge results (thanks largely to megawatt marketing campaigns) and then fade quickly.