It was close, like really really close. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen beat out Ice Age 3 by a sliver of moola.
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 42.5 Million
Ice Age 3 41.8Million.
Keeping Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen in the number 1 spot for all of 2009. The world wide grand total for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is a whooping $591,459,000. That's just silly.
Say what you will about Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, be it the obvious plot holes or the doggy dry humping scenes, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen set out to be the number one 2009 Summer Movie Blockbuster popcorn flick in the United States Of America, and it did, not only the opening week, but also with a 61% drop in movie ticket sales the week after. Ka Ching!!