For the third straight weekend, Shrek Forever After claimed the top spot at the box office, grossing $25.3 million more. It has now grossed an impressive $183 million. Meanwhile, Get Him To The Greek debuted much better than I expected in second, grossing $17.4 million.
Another opening weekend, Killers, was close behind in third, earning $16.1 million.
Down the top ten, Marmaduke and Splice opened with really surprising and lackluster showings in 6th ($11.3 million) and 8th ($7.4 million), respectively. Had you asked me on Friday my predictions, I would have certainly switched these two with Greek and Killers.
In 9th, Robin Hood, the first movie I’ve seen this year, and a reminder of why I don’t go to the movies until at least July, continued to falter in its 4th week. It is not even halfway to covering its $200 million budget. It has earned just over $94 million so far.
Check out the top 10 estimates (movie- weekend; total)
1. Shrek Forever After– $25,300,000; $183,043,000
2. Get Him To The Greek– $17,423,000; $17,423,000 (debut)
3. Killers– $16,100,000; $16,100,000 (debut)
4. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time– $13,900,000; $59,452,000
5. Sex and the City 2– $12,650,000; $73,434,000
6. Marmaduke– $11,300,000; $11,300,000 (debut)
7. Iron Man 2– $7,783,000; $291,294,000
8. Splice– $7,450,000; $7,450,000 (debut)
9. Robin Hood– $5,133,000; $94,262,000
10. Letters to Juliet– $3,000,000; $43,300,000
Which have you seen? Are disappointed with Splice‘s showing?