The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons, opened last weekend grossing $48 million on 7,000 screens at 3,527 theaters. Both films are based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novels dealing with the theme of science vs. religion.

The Da Vinci Code (2006) earned $77.1 million its opening weekend, and went on to gross a worldwide total of $758.2 million. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, as he tries to stop the Illuminati, a legendary secret society, from destroying Vatican City. According to polls, 52 percent of the audience was female and 50 percent was 30 years old or older, Sony Pictures stated.

Star Trek continued at warp speed, slowing just a 43 percent earnings dip to appropriately $43 million. Its total now stands at $147.6 million after 10 days in theaters to become the highest-grossing picture in the franchise. Its IMAX showings weighed in at $17.4 million, which accounted for nearly 12 percent of the overall total. But on May 22nd, Star Trek will give up its IMAX screens to Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine slid to third place for its third week in theaters earning $14.8 million. It was down 44 percent since the previous weekend, but it has grossed $151.1 million in 17 days. And other X-Men characters within the movie have already received the green light for a spin-off.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past earned $6.9 million continuing to remain in the top four. Its grossing totals have been average, which was expected. The romantic comedy has collected a soft $40.1 million after 17 days.

Despite powerful, new releases, the holdovers remained strong. Obsessed, the fatal attraction thriller starring Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter, grossed $4.6 million, which brings it total to $62.6 million after 24 days; suffering just a 31 percent decrease from last week.

Stronger still, Monsters vs. Aliens continues to dominate. It managed to squeeze another $3 million from movie-goers last weekend, with a mere eight percent decrease from the previous weekend. The animated feature is the top grosser of 2009 thus far, and has raked in $190.6 million in 52 days.

The new Jennifer Aniston comedy, Management, had a light opening start bringing in $378,000 at 212 venues.

The independent family drama, Summer Hours, explores looking at the past in order to move forward, appeared in just two theaters and grossed $48,0000.

—Jessica Delli Santi