Talking furballs knock 'Harry Potter' from top box-office perch

You gotta hand it to the marketing department at Disney. One of the worst reviewed films ever -- "G-Force" -- which features animated talking gerbils or hamsters or Guinea pigs (I'm not sure what they are) took the top spot in the weekend box office.

In the process of earning $32.million, "G-force" knocked "Harry Potter VI" out of the No. spot after just one week, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com

While no longer in the Top 5, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" took in another $8 million, pushing its total to $379.1 million in just 33 days. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, "Transformers 2" surpassed "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" to become the tenth-highest grossing picture of all time and is about to overtake "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" ($380.3 million) for ninth place.

Here's this weekend's top films based on studio estimates. Final totals will be released late Monday.

WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, JULY 24-26, 2009

Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)
Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week #

1. G-Force (Buena Vista)
$32.2 million | 3,697 | $32.2 million | 1

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.)
$30.0 million | 4,325 | $221.8 million | 2

3. The Ugly Truth (Sony / Columbia)
$27.0 million | 2,882 | $27.0 million | 1

4. Orphan (Warner Bros.)
$12.8 million | 2,750 | $12.8 million | 1

5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox)
$8.2 million | 3,300 | $171.3 million | 4