Weekend of May 8 - 10, 2009

Moviegoers beamed J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with a solid $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg, among others, "Trek" lifted its early domestic total to $76.5 million (counting revenues from Thursday's evening screenings).

Last week's box office winner "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" dropped to second place, earning $27 million. Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Hugh Jackman, Danny Huston and Liev Schreiber, the film brought its total haul to $129.6 million after two weeks in theaters.

At No. 3, Mark Waters' comedy "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" collected another $10.4 million, reaching a cumulative gross of $30.2 million. Beyonce Knowles' thriller "Obsessed" followed in fourth place with a weekend gross of $6.6 million and a cume of $56.2 million.

Meanwhile, Zac Efron's comedy "17 Again" took home $4.4 million for a domestic total of $54.1 million after a decent four-week release.

Debuting in sixth place with $4 million was Benny Boom's action comedy "Next Day Air," which stars Donald Faison, Mike Eppes and Mos Def. The film examines what happens in the lives of 10 people after a shipment of cocaine ends up in the wrong hands.

Joe Wright's "The Soloist" pulled $3.6 million at No. 7, reaching a total gross of $23.5 million. DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters Vs. Aliens" followed closely at No. 8 with $3.3 million, lifting its cumulative gross to $186.8 million.

Rounding out the top 10 this weekend were Disneynature's "Earth," which collected $2.4 million for a total haul of $26 million at No. 9, and "Hannah Montana: The Movie," which also brought in $2.4 million in tenth place and reached a domestic total of $74 million.

Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)