Top 10 Movies at the Weekend Box Office, 1MAY2011: Fast Five

Fast Five made off with $86.2 million at 3,644 locations over the weekend, beating its Sunday estimate by $2.6 million. The action sequel shot past Fast and Furious’s $71 million start for a new franchise high, and it even saw smaller daily declines as the weekend progressed.

Fast Five more than doubled fellow Rio de Janeiro animated adventure, Rio ($39.2 million), to claim the biggest opening of 2011. It was also the second highest-grossing opening weekend outside of the summer and holiday seasons, behind Alice in Wonderland (2010)’s $116.1 million

New Movies in Theaters

Just premiered:

• Fast Five: [Action, 2 hr. 10 min.] Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, The Rock, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson.
• Prom: [Comedy / Drama, 1 hr. 43 min.] Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, DeVaughn Nixon, Danielle Campbell, Yin Chang, Jared Kusnitz.
• Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil: [Animation, 1 hr. 25 min.] Voices of Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, David Alan Grier, Andy Dick.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office in USA

Weekend: April 29th to May 1st, 2011

1. Fast Five $86,198,765 Total: $86,198,765 Weeks: 1
2. (1) Rio $14,787,836 Total: $104,014,751 Weeks: 3
3. (2) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family $9,860,929 Total: $40,891,043 Weeks: 2
4. (3) Water for Elephants $9,342,413 Total: $32,480,214 Weeks: 2
5. Prom $4,712,638 Total: $4,712,638 Weeks: 1
6. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil $4,108,630 Total: $4,108,630 Weeks: 1
7. (7) Soul Surfer $3,367,867 Total: $33,843,019 Weeks: 4
8. (9) Insidious $2,689,676 Total: $48,309,912 Weeks: 5
9. (4) Hop $2,683,720 Total: $105,403,285 Weeks: 5
10. (10) Source Code $2,509,824 Total: $48,887,188 Weeks: 5

(#) = Previous week rank, = New Film

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Post author: Daniel Semper