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According to preliminary box office returns Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed an estimated $112 million dollars from Friday to Sunday, pushing its five day total to $201 million dollars and making it the second-highest grossing film to reach $200m after The Dark Knight.

Playing on 4,234 screens, the Transformers sequel netted a commanding $26K from each location.

In its second weekend the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy The Proposal fell just 45% from last weekend and grossed $18.4m. That brings the film's total gross up to $69 million dollars and minting it as a hit for its studio, Touchstone Pictures.

With another $17.2 million in ticket sales to land it in third spot, The Hangover's total b.o. is now standing at $183 million. It's presently the fifth-highest grossing picture of 2009.

In fourth place Disney's Up added another $13 million dollars to bring its total to $250 million; fifth spot went to Cameron Diaz's new drama My Sister's Keeper which opened to $12 million dollars; and in sixth place was Year One which dropped a huge 70% from last weekend's opening. The Jack Black/Michael Cera comedy could only muster up $5.8 million in ticket sales, bringing its total gross to just $32 million. Sony's The Taking of Pelham 123 is in seventh place ($5.4m new / $53.4m total), in eighth position was Paramount's Star Trek ($3.6m new / $246.2m total), ninth place Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($3.5m new / $163.2 total) and in tenth spot was Focus Features' Away We Go which expanded its run and drew in $1.6m (for a total of $4 million dollars so far.)