NEW YORK -- "Angels & Demons" took the box office from "Star Trek" by earning $48 million in its first weekend of release. The haul was far less than the earlier Dan Brown adaptation "The Da Vinci Code" _ which earned $77.1 million when in opened in 2006 _ but still enough to narrowly topple the popular "Star Trek." In its second weekend, "Star Trek" took in $43 million, a strong number after its $75.2 million opening last weekend, excluding its Thursday midnight screenings. "Angels & Demons" reunites Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard for the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code." It opened without the benefit of the buzz that propelled "The Da Vinci Code" to a $753 million worldwide total.
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