Angels & Demons tops weekend’s box office with $48 million

As expected, Angels & Demons won this weekend’s box office, taking in $48 million – about what we’d anticipated. Star Trek did better than many anticipated, at $43 million (we’d predicted about $40). Wolverine’s $15 million take helped it clear $150 million, but it’s a long shot to top the $200 million mark. One interesting note is that Monsters vs. Aliens $3 million take this weekend puts it at $191 million, and it’ll be a up in the air if it makes $200, but we think it will. Next week sees the opening of two big pics – Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

Here’s this week’s top 10.

Angels & Demons – $48M – $48M
Star Trek – $43M – $148M
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $14.8M – $151M
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $6.86M – $40.1M
Obsessed – $4.55M – $62.6M
17 Again – $3.4M – $58.4M
Monsters vs Aliens – $3M – $191M
The Soloist – $2.42M – $27.5M
Next Day Air – $2.28M – $7.65M
Earth – $1.68M – $29.1M