Wolverine First Summer Hit of 2009

Hugh Jackman set the Summer movie box office bar high with his $87 million hit X-men Origins: Wolverine (read review). His first challenger of the summer is J.J. Abrams' retooling of Star Trek (watch trailer), followed by Angels & Demons (5/5/09) and then the first box office showdown on May 22 between -- the family friendly Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and not so-family-friendly Terminator Salvation.

Christian Bale's Terminator has a slight advantage over Ben Stiller's Museum because it opens on Thursday May 21st.

Here are your box office numbers for May 1–3, 2009. It is going to be a good summer season this year, don't miss out!

1 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $87,000,000
2 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $15,325,000
3 Obsessed $12,200,000
4 17 Again $6,355,000
5 Monsters Vs. Aliens $5,800,000
6 The Soloist $5,600,000
7 Earth (2009) $4,184,000
8 Fighting $4,173,000
9 Hannah Montana The Movie $4,075,000
10 State of Play $3,655,000