The top films at the North American box office

Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on July 1, led by the new release Transformers: Dark of the Moon, according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) Transformers: Dark of the Moon. $ 97.4 million

2 (1) Cars 2 ......... $ 25.1 million

3 (2) Bad Teacher .... $ 14.1 million

4 (*) Larry Crowne ... $ 13.0 million

5 (*) Monte Carlo .... mce_markernbsp; 7.6 million

6 (4) Super 8 ........ mce_markernbsp; 7.5 million

7 (3) Green Lantern .. mce_markernbsp; 6.3 million

8 (5) Mr. Popper's Penguins ......... mce_markernbsp; 5.1 million

9 (8) Bridesmaids .... mce_markernbsp; 3.5 million

10 (10) Midnight in Paris.............. mce_markernbsp; 3.4 million

NOTES: Last weekend's rankings in parenthesis; (*) = new

release.

CUMULATIVE TOTALS:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon ....... $ 162.1 million

Bridesmaids ........... $ 153.0 million

Cars 2 ................ $ 116.0 million

Super 8 ............... $ 108.0 million

Green Lantern ......... $ 102.0 million

Bad Teacher ........... mce_markernbsp; 59.5 million

Mr. Popper's Penguins . mce_markernbsp; 50.1 million

Midnight in Paris ..... mce_markernbsp; 33.6 million

Larry Crowne .......... mce_markernbsp; 13.0 million

Monte Carlo ........... mce_markernbsp; 7.6 million

Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Super 8 were distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc (VIAb.N).

Cars 2 and was released by Walt Disney Co (DIS.N).

Bad Teacher was released by Columbia Pictures, Midnight in Paris by Sony Pictures Classics, both units of Sony Corp (6758.T) (SNE.N).

Larry Crowne and Bridesmaids were released by Universal Pictures, a unit of NBC Universal, which is controlled by Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O)

Monte Carlo and Mr. Popper's Penguins were released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp (NWSA.O).

Green Lantern was released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N).