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'Ice Age,' 'Transformers' tie for top spot

Twentieth Century Fox’s 3-D toon “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” scored the biggest international opening of all time for an animated title, while it tied with Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” for No. 1 at the domestic B.O. over the July 4th weekend.

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CHARTS:

FILM BOX OFFICE
TV RATINGS

Weekly

June 26, 2009 - July 2, 2009(*millions)

	FILM	GROSS	TOTAL*
1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$159,794,402	$250.91
2	Proposal, The	$30,869,638	$81.45
3	Hangover, The	$27,749,639	$193.78
4	Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs	$24,916,157	$24.92
5	Up	$21,119,046	$258.29
6	My Sister's Keeper	$20,708,850	$20.71
7	Public Enemies	$14,786,430	$14.79
8	Year One	$9,481,036	$35.99
9	Taking Of Pelham 123	$7,964,911	$55.97
10	Night At The Museum: Battle Smithsonian	$5,914,965	$165.66
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TV Ratings 07/02/09

Top Shows	Rating/Share
1. So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)	2.9 /10
2. America's Got Talent (NBC)	2.9 /9
3. Wipeout (ABC)	2.6/9
4. Criminal Minds (CBS)	1.8/6
5. CSI: NY (CBS)	1.7/5
6. The Philanthropist (NBC)	1.5/5
7. America's Got Talent-8 p.m. (NBC)	1.4/5
8. I Survived a Japanese Gameshow (ABC)	1.4/4
9. Primetime: Crime (ABC)	1.4/4
10. Gary Unmarried (CBS)	1.3/4