June: Your Movie Month In Review
Obviously, this is the month/year/decade/timeline-of-human-activity of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon;" witness, it's the fifth-highest grossing movie of June, and it's been out for two days. Meanwhile, "Green Lantern''s stink will last long beyond this summer. Poor Ryan Reynolds: Dude finally gets his superhero franchise, and it's some lame dude with a ring. Anyway, it's time to do our monthly look back -- check the bottom of this post for the archive -- at the films of the past month, the ones we saw, the ones we loved, the ones we missed. Welcome to the wonkishness.
Top Ten Highest Grossing Movies Released This June, As Of June 30
1. "X-Men: First Class," $135.2 million
2. "Super 8," $99.3 million
3. "Green Lantern," $94.4 million
4. "Cars 2," $85.7 million
5. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," $61.7 million
6. "Mr. Popper's Penguins," $43.7 million
7. "Bad Teacher," $42.6 million
8. "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer," $13.8 million
9. "Beginners," $1.7 million
10. "The Art of Getting By," $1.4 million
June 2011 Movies We Saw
Leitch
"Bad Teacher"
"Beautiful Boy"
"Beginners"
"A Better Life"
"Buck"
"Cars 2"
"Conan O'Brien Can't Stop"
"Green Lantern"
"Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer"
"Mr. Popper's Penguins"
"Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times"
"Submarine"
"Super 8"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"The Trip"
"The Troll Hunter"
"Turtle: The Incredible Journey"
"X-Men: First Class"
Grierson
"The Art of Getting By"
"Bad Teacher"
"Beginners"
"A Better Life"
"Buck"
"Cars 2"
"Film Socialisme"
"Green Lantern"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times"
"Submarine"
"Super 8"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"The Trip"
"X-Men: First Class"
Best June 2011 Movie We Saw
Leitch: "Cars 2"
Grierson: "Beginners"
Worst June 2011 Movie We Saw
Leitch: "Bad Teacher"
Grierson: "Bad Teacher"
Movie We Missed But Plan On Getting To
Leitch: "Leap Year"
Grierson: "Road To Nowhere"
What We Learned This Month
Leitch: Be not confused by the choice of "Cars 2" as the month's best movie: This was not a good movie month. "Cars 2" was the only film I gave a "B+" or better to in June. I'm 93 percent certain I'm not just being a crank.
Grierson: Buck Brannaman is a gentle yet imposing figure in the documentary about him, "Buck." He's even more that way in person: I was lucky enough to moderate a couple Q&As with him during the movie's opening weekend. He's a genuinely decent man. They are so rare.
We have such hope for July! See you then.
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