Sandra Bullock Makes Box Office History

Sandra Bullock has rung in the new year making box office history - beating female stars Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon.

Variety reports that Bullock's The Blind Side became the first film in history driven solely by a top female star to jump the US$200 million mark at the US domestic box office.

No previous films in which Bullock had top solo billing have reached $200 million, nor have any of the solo starring efforts of the likes of Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie or Reese Witherspoon.

It doesn't end there thoguh. Bullock had a great year at the box office. She starred in the romantic comedy The Proposal in 2009 which became her second highest-grossing movie of all-time taking in a great $163 million in the US with a total of $314 million worldwide.

Congrats to Sandra for all the success!

Summer's Biggest Box Office Hits

The 2009 Summer Movie Season is over, unfortunately. However, this year we got one of the biggest summers in box office history! The numbers have been calculated for this year’s summer session, which brought in a total of over 4 billion dollars in ticket sales. Major! So which movies helped this year become one of the biggest summers ever? Check out the domestic Top 15 movies of the summer below!

2009 Domestic Grosses

#1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Total Gross: $401,501,881

#2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
$300,105,842

#3. Up
$291,819,165

#4. The Hangover
$273,900,474

#5. Star Trek
$257,611,714

#6. Monsters Vs. Aliens
$198,351,526

#7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
$195,046,675

#8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
$179,879,825

#9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
$177,034,702

#10. The Proposal
$162,250,180

#11. Fast and Furious
$155,064,265

#12. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
$146,336,178

#13. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
$146,282,094

#14. Taken
$145,000,989

#15. Angels and Demons
$133,375,846

Weekend Box Office

Weekend Box Office

July 10–12, 2009

#1. Bruno

(Weekend Gross: $30,426,000 // Total: Debut)

#2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

($28,500,000 // $120,573,000)

#3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

($24,200,000 // $339,208,000)

#4. Public Enemies

($14,111,000 // $66,538,000)

#5. The Proposal

($10,507,000 // $113,765,000)

Box Office Report: Transformers Huge Start at #1

With one of the biggest five-day opening numbers in Box Office history, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen owns the number-one title as the most-watched movie since last Wednesday! In only five days, the movie managed to gross an incredible $201 million dollars - Yes, that's just about what The Dark Knight made its first five days last year. Crazy! Check out the rest of the top five.

Weekend Box Office:

June 24–28, 2009

#1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

(Weekend Gross: $201,246,000 // Total Gross: Debut)

#2. The Proposal

($18,466,000 // $69,050,000)

#3. The Hangover

($17,215,000 // $183,247,000)

#4. Up!

($13,046,000 // $250,218,000)

#5. My Sister's Keeper

($12,030,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: The Proposal is #1!

Weekend Box Office
June 19–21, 2009

#1. The Proposal
(Weekend Gross: $34,114,000 // Total Gross: Debut)

#2. The Hangover
($26,855,000 // $152,919,000)

#3. Up
($21,336,000 // $224,113,000)

#4. Year One
($20,200,000 // Debut)

#5. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
($11,300,000 // $43,332,000)

Out Today! The Proposal

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to avoid being deported to Canada. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order to sell the lie, but start to fall genuinely in love as they spend time together.