Weekend Box Office

1) X-Men Origins: Wolverine $87 million
2) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $15.3 million
3) Obsessed $12.2 million
4) 17 Again $6.3 million
5) Monsters Vs. Aliens $5.8 million
6) The Soloist $5.6 million
7) Earth $4.18 million
8) Fighting $4.17 million
9) Hannah Montana: The Movie $4.07 million
10) State of Play $3.6 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) You can't keep a good X-Man down.

Hugh Jackman's movie prequel "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has leaped to the top of the box office with an $87 million opening weekend.

That puts it right in the pack with the three previous "X-Men" movies in which Jackman played the character of mutant superhero Wolverine.

The trilogy's final chapter, "X-Men: The Last Stand," had the franchise's best opening with $102.8 million.

But "Wolverine" came in ahead of the first two movies. "X-Men" did $54.5 million in its first weekend and "X2: X-Men United" did $85.6 million.

Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner's romantic comedy "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" debuted in second place with $15.3 million.