Manny the mammoth seems like a peaceful kind of guy but he and his Ice Age menagerie stomped Optimus Prime and the 'bot-boys when Wednesday's opening day box office numbers were released by Variety.
Dawn of the Dinosaurs grossed an estimated $14 million on Wednesday, bolstered by hundreds of theaters showing it in 3D. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has hundreds of IMAX screens on its side, earning another $10 million Wednesday for a domestic gross approaching $240 million in eight days of release.
Hampered a bit by its R rating, Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp collected an estimated $8 on opening day.
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Steve Persall is the movie critic for the St. Petersburg Times. He was conceived behind a drive-in movie theater his father operated and raised in projection booths and concession stands. He doesn't care how you did it up north.
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