Below are the top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:

1. Star Trek - $75,204,289
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $26,408,288
3. Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past - $10,258,141
4. Obsessed - $6,560,266
5. 17 Again - $4,232,422
6. Next Day Air - $4,111,043
7. The Soloist - $3,949,430
8. Monsters Vs. Aliens - $3,260,440
9. Earth (2009) - $2,666,219
10. Hannah Montana The Movie - $2,193,043
11. Fighting - $2,010,075
12. State Of Play - $1,918,295

Overall, the Box Office was down 5.1% on last weekend's total gross.

The second big blockbuster for the summer season rolled in to theatres this weekend with the return of the age-old sci-fi franchise STAR TREK, which earned an impressive $75M over the weekend and $79M since opening Thursday night. The average gross of any of the previous ten feature films in the series was $75M so this new eleventh film has managed to eclipse that only after three days. Word of mouth is spectacular so the film should see some decent business for the rest of the summer, however how much business still remains a question. We are in unchartered territory here as J.J. Abrams and his crew have effectively started a new franchise with their space adventure, where the patterns of the previous films no longer apply.

Tumbling from its huge opening last weekend to second place is X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE which lost a huge 69% of its audience to earn $26M. Although STAR TREK took much of the same audience away from Hugh Jackman's latest effort, word of mouth is the most likely culprit of its massive decline. The drop is in line with the previous film X-MEN: THE LAST STAND which was not highly regarded either. Another sequel has already been greenlit so the filmmakers have to do a better job next time out if they do not want to completely destroy the reputation of this once respected franchise.

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST managed to hold well in spite of the strong competition, earning another $10M and losing only a tiny 33% of its audience. This is really the own date film going at the moment which should explain its decent hold, however it may struggle soon with more blockbusters entering the race. The same can be said for the Beyonce Knowles thriller OBSESSED which is still doing great business, having earned an impressive total of $56.2M since opening against a $20M budget.

The only other new opener this weekend is the action comedy NEXT DAY AIR which got lost in the shuffle with only a soft $4.1M over the weekend. Look for this to disappear quickly and end up on DVD shortly thereafter.

The US Box Office took in a total of $142,771,951 for the whole of the weekend 8-10 May 2009.