Weekend Box Office

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi tale “Super 8.”

“The movie was never conceived to be a blockbuster, tent-pole film opening to $60 or $70 million,” said Don Harris, head of distribution for Paramount. Writer-director Abrams (“Star Trek,” TV’s “Lost”) was inspired by his own youth as a Super 8 filmmaker who emulated such talents as Spielberg, a producer on “Super 8.”

“Super 8″ bumped off the previous weekend’s No. 1 movie, 20th Century Fox’s comic-book prequel “X-Men: First Class,” which slipped to second-place with $25 million. “First Class” raised its domestic total to $98.9 million.

The weekend’s other new wide release, Relativity Media’s family flick “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer,” opened weakly at No. 7 with $6.3 million.

1. “Super 8,” $37 million ($6.7 million international).
2. “X-Men: First Class,” $25 million.
3. “The Hangover Part II,” $18.5 million ($38.3 million international).
4. “Kung Fu Panda 2,” $16.6 million ($56.5 million international).
5. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” $10.8 million ($41.1 million international).
6. “Bridesmaids,” $10.2 million.
7. “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer,” $6.3 million.
8. “Midnight in Paris,” $6.1 million.
9. “Thor,” $2.4 million.
10. “Fast Five,” $1.7 million ($5.9 million international).

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