Top 10 Movies at the Weekend Box Office, 24APR2011: Rio
Date: April / 25 / 2011 + Comments: 0
Rio remained at the first place of the box office over Easter weekend, edging out another strong start for a Tyler Perry movie and a solid beginning for Water for Elephants.
The animated comedy drew an estimated $26.8 million (57% of which from 3D presentations), down 32%. It made less than How to Train Your Dragon’s $29 million on Easter weekend last year and grossed more than Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! on Easter weekend 2008.
New Movies in Theaters
Just premiered:
- Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family: [Comedy, 0 hr. 00 min.] Bow Wow, Tyler Perry.
- Water for Elephants: [Drama, 0 hr. 00 min.] Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, James Frain, Hal Holbrook.
- African Cats: [Documentary, 1 hr. 29 min.] Samuel L. Jackson (narrator voice).
Top 10 Weekend Box Office in USA
Weekend: April 22 to 24, 2011
- (1) Rio $26,800,000 Total: $81,261,000 Weeks: 2
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family $25,750,000 Total: $25,750,000 Weeks: 1
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Water for Elephants $17,500,000 Total: $17,500,000 Weeks: 1
- (3) Hop $12,461,000 Total: $100,500,000 Weeks: 4
- (2) Scream 4 $7,154,000 Total: $31,158,000 Weeks: 2
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African Cats $6,400,000 Total: $6,400,000 Weeks: 1
- (5) Soul Surfer $5,600,000 Total: $28,664,000 Weeks: 3
- (7) Insidious $5,384,000 Total: $44,178,000 Weeks: 4
- (4) Hanna $5,277,000 Total: $31,718,000 Weeks: 3
- (8) Source Code $5,063,000 Total: $44,664,000 Weeks: 4
(#) = Previous week rank,
= New Film
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