Box Office

Angels & Demons

** ( 2 STARS)

$46.2

million

$42.2 million

1 week

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 113 minutes

What it's about: A Harvard professor (Tom Hanks, above) is in a race against time to stop a plot to destroy the Vatican.

Our take: The filmmakers expend a lot of time, craft and energy just to keep a potboiler at low-to-medium boil.

Star Trek

*** (3 STARS)

$43

million

$147.6 million

2 weeks

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 126 minutes

What it's about: A young Spock (Zachary Quinto, above) and Kirk join the Enterprise just when a Romulan warlord decides to settle scores with the Federation.

Our take: This reboot arouses an instant affection; it recaptures the team spirit that made the series memorable.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

** 1/2 (2 1/2 STARS)

$14.7

million

$150.9 million

3 weeks

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 107 minutes

What it's about: How James Howlett became Logan, aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, above), the brother of Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth (Liev Schrieber).

Our take: It's like an improbable six-stage rocket that keeps firing according to plan but never achieves liftoff.

Ghost of Girlfriends Past

No stars

$6.6

million

$39.8 million

3 weeks

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 100 minutes

What it's about: Three spirits guide a glib lothario (Matthew McConaughey, above) through the worlds of girlfriends past, present and future so he can discover his true feelings.

Our take: It displays nary a wisp of life, let alone an afterlife.

Obsessed

** (2 STARS)

$4.5

million

$ 62.6 million

3 weeks

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 105 minutes

What it's about: A second-rate Fatal Attraction knockoff with more diverse casting.

Our take: Beyonce Knowles (above) literally and figuratively kicks butt, making up for some of the film's inherent predictability.