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WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The blockbuster superhero mash-up The Avengers was the top movie for the second weekend in a row and again broke a record getting there. After having the highest domestic box office debut in history last weekend, The Avengers took in the biggest second weekend haul ever, its $103.2 million easily besting the $75.6 million Avatar made in its second weekend, which was the previous record. Adding in the $95.4 million The Avengers added internationally, it has now topped $1 billion worldwide in just 19 days since its debut.
Opening far behind in second place was the horror comedy Dark Shadows, based on the cult TV soap opera of the same name that ran from 1966 to 1971. The movie re-teams director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, with Depp starring as an 18th-century vampire who's freed after being buried alive for 200 years and returns to his ancestral country manor in Maine in the 1970s. Co-starring are Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley and Jonny Lee Miller.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel broke into the top 10 at Number Eight as it expanded from just a few theaters in its second weekend. The movie stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson in a story about older Brits looking to retire in India.
Debuting in 10th place in limited release was the comic drama Girl in Progress, starring Eva Mendes as a single mother with a precocious daughter.
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THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MAY 11-13
The Avengers, $103.2 million
Dark Shadows, $28.8 million
Think Like a Man, $6.3 million
The Hunger Games, $4.4 million
The Lucky One, $4.1 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $3.2 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $3.1 million
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $2.7 million
Chimpanzee, $1.6 million
Girl in Progress, $1.4 million
DARK SHADOWS
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Avengers smashed the movie opening record this weekend, as the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up took in $200.3 million in its domestic debut, blowing past the previous record of $169.2 million for last year's opening of the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2. The Avengers also added $151.5 million overseas after opening internationally last week, bringing the movie's total take worldwide so far to $641.8 million in just a week and a half.
Directed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
The top movie for the past two weekends, Think Like a Man, fell to second place.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MAY 4-6
The Avengers, $200.3 million
Think Like a Man, $8 million
The Hunger Games, $5.7 million
The Lucky One, $5.5 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $5.4 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $5.1 million
The Raven, $2.5 million
Safe, $2.47 million
Chimpanzee, $2.4 million
The Three Stooges, $1.8 million
THE AVENGERS
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WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The comedy Think Like a Man was the Number One movie for the second weekend in a row while the superhero film The Avengers opened big overseas, taking in $178.4 million in 39 countries ahead of its opening in the U.S. next weekend.
The next four films at the box office, including newcomers The Pirates! Band of Misfits and The Five-Year Engagement, were all so close that their positions could change once the final numbers are released today. But according to the studio estimates out yesterday, the animated family comedy The Pirates! Band of Misfits opened at Number Two, followed by The Lucky One, The Hunger Games, and the romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement, debuting in fifth place.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, about a pirate captain and his crew trying to best their rivals in a quest to win the title of Pirate of the Year, features the voices of Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven and Imelda Staunton. The Five-Year Engagement stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as a engaged couple who face ups and downs and repeated interruptions on their way to the altar. Co-starring are Alison Brie, Chris Pratt and Rhys Ifans.
Opening in sixth place was the action thriller Safe, starring Jason Statham as a cage fighter who takes on a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl from the Russian Mafia. Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon and Robert John Burke co-star. Debuting at Number Eight was The Raven, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, who joins forces with a detective after a killer begins committing murders inspired by Poe's writing.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 27-29
Think Like a Man, $18 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $11.4 million
The Lucky One, $11.3 million
The Hunger Games, $11.25 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $11.2 million
Safe, $7.7 million
The Raven, $7.3 million
Chimpanzee, $5.5 million
The Three Stooges, $5.4 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $4.5 million
THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT
SAFE
THE RAVEN
SOUND OF MY VOICE
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Hunger Games' streak as the Number One movie finally ended this weekend after four weeks, as it was topped by the debuts of Think Like a Man and The Lucky One -- both of which beat expectations -- and fell to third place.
Opening in first place was the romantic comedy Think Like a Man, based on comedian Steve Harvey's dating-advice book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The movie follows four couples trying to work out their relationship issues after the women buy Harvey's book and take his advice. Starring are Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, La La Anthony, Meagan Good, Chris Brown and Taraji P. Henson. Harvey, who executive produced, has a small role playing himself.
Debuting at Number Two was the romantic drama The Lucky One, based on a 2008 best-selling book by The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks. It stars Zac Efron as a U.S. Marine who returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, convinced that he was kept safe and alive by a photograph of a beautiful woman he found in the war rubble. When he finds the woman, played by Taylor Schilling, and begins working at her family's business, a romance blossoms between them. Co-starring are Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart and Adam LeFevre.
Disney's nature documentary, Chimpanzee, opened in fourth place. Narrated by Tim Allen, the film follows a baby chimpanzee named Oscar and his family in the forest.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 20-22
Think Like a Man, $33 million
The Lucky One, $22.8 million
The Hunger Games, $14.5 million
Chimpanzee, $10.2 million
The Three Stooges, $9.2 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $7.8 million
American Reunion, $5.2 million
Titanic in 3-D, $5 million
21 Jump Street, $4.6 million
Mirror Mirror, $4.1 million
CHIMPANZEE
THE MOTH DIARIES
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The blockbuster film The Hunger Games topped the box office for the fourth straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $337.1 million.
Opening in second place was the comedy The Three Stooges, brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly's update on the legendary slapstick trio, starring Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe, Sean Hayes as Larry and Will Sasso as Curly. Jane Lynch and Sofia Vergara co-star.
The Cabin in the Woods, a thriller about five friends who go to a remote cabin that offers a twist on the horror genere, debuted at Number Three. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins star.
Opening in ninth place was the sci-fi/action film Lockout, starring Guy Pearce as a man wrongly convicted of espionage against the U.S. who's offered freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison that's been taken over by dangerous inmates. Co-starring are Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare and Joe Gilgun.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 13-15
The Hunger Games, $21.5 million
The Three Stooges, $17.1 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $14.9 million
Titanic in 3-D, $11.6 million
American Reunion, $10.6 million
Mirror Mirror, $7 million
Wrath of the Titans, $6.9 million
21 Jump Street, $6.8 million
Lockout, $6.3 million
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax, $3 million
LOCKOUT
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
THE THREE STOOGES
THE LADY
'THE HUNGER GAMES' WINS THIRD STRAIGHT WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE
No new arrivals have been able to tackle The Hunger Games at the box office and for the third straight week, it was the highest-performing film, taking in another $33.5 million.
The studio behind the film, Lionsgate, estimates that the film has now grossed $302.8 million domestically and $157.1 million internationally -- bringing its grand total to about $460 million.
American Reunion had a solid opening in second place with $21.5 million. Although it was the lowest opening weekend in the franchise since the 1999 original, it is a respectable for a comedy whose last installment was nine years ago.
Titanic, rereleased in 3-D took in $17.4 million over the weekend, raising its domestic take to $25.7 million since opening Wednesday. That lifts the lifetime domestic gross of the hit to $626.5 million.
The top 10 films of the weekend:
1. "The Hunger Games," $33.5 million
2. "American Reunion," $21.5 million
3. "Titanic" in 3-D, $17.4 million
4. "Wrath of the Titans," $15 million
5. "Mirror Mirror," $11 million
6. "21 Jump Street," $10.2 million
7. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $5 million
8. "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," $975,000.
9. "John Carter," $820,000
10. "Safe House," $581,000
TITANIC IN 3D
AMERICAN REUNION
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Hunger Games was the top movie for the second weekend in a row, with the blockbuster taking in another $61.1 million to bring its domestic take to $251 million in just 10 days and make it the year's top-grossing film so far.
Opening in second place was the action movie Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans. Sam Worthington stars as the ancient Greek hero Perseus, who's seeking revenge for the death of his family at the hands of Hades, the god of the underworld, played by Ralph Fiennes. Other co-stars include Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike and Bill Nighy.
Mirror Mirror, a comic retelling of Snow White, debuted at Number Three. Lily Collins stars as Snow White, who teams up with the seven dwarves to fight and take back her kingdom from the evil queen, played by Julia Roberts. Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean and Mare Winningham co-star.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MARCH 30-APRIL 1
The Hunger Games, $61.1 million
Wrath of the Titans, $34.2 million
Mirror Mirror, $19 million
21 Jump Street, $15 million
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax, $8 million
John Carter, $2 million
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, $1.3 million
Act of Valor, $1 million
A Thousand Words, $915,000
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, $835,000
WRATH OF THE TITANS
BULLY
GOON
MIRROR MIRROR
'THE HUNGER GAMES' BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS
The Hunger Games exploded at the box office over the weekend, taking in $155 million -- making it the third biggest movie opening ever, after last year's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, ($169 million) and the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight ($158 million).
The film easily beat all of the Twilight openings -- the biggest for that franchise was 2009's New Moon which took in $142 on opening weekend.
It was also the biggest weekend non-sequel movie opening ever, besting Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland for that record. The movie was a hit with critics, averaging "86 Percent Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and receiving a 95 percent audience approval rating.
The opening even exceeded the expectations of analysts, one of whom proclaimed the weekend, "The birth of a franchise." The film is based on a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins, which have sold 30 million copies worldwide.
The weekend's top 10 films:
1. "The Hunger Games," $155 million.
2. "21 Jump Street," $21.3 million
3. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $13.1 million
4. "John Carter," $5 million
5. "Act of Valor," $2.1 million.
6. "Project X," $2 million.
7. "A Thousand Words," $1.9 million.
8. "October Baby," $1.7 million.
9. "Safe House," $1.39 million
10. "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," $1.37 million.
Best all-time openings:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $169.2 million
The Dark Knight, $158.4 million
The Hunger Games, $155 million
Spider-Man 3, $151.1 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $142.8 million
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1, $138.1 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $135.6 million
Iron Man 2, $128.1 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $125 million
Shrek the Third, $121.6 million
THE HUNGER GAMES
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
BRAKE
BATTLESHIP
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The blockbuster superhero mash-up The Avengers was the top movie for the second weekend in a row and again broke a record getting there. After having the highest domestic box office debut in history last weekend, The Avengers took in the biggest second weekend haul ever, its $103.2 million easily besting the $75.6 million Avatar made in its second weekend, which was the previous record. Adding in the $95.4 million The Avengers added internationally, it has now topped $1 billion worldwide in just 19 days since its debut.
Opening far behind in second place was the horror comedy Dark Shadows, based on the cult TV soap opera of the same name that ran from 1966 to 1971. The movie re-teams director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, with Depp starring as an 18th-century vampire who's freed after being buried alive for 200 years and returns to his ancestral country manor in Maine in the 1970s. Co-starring are Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley and Jonny Lee Miller.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel broke into the top 10 at Number Eight as it expanded from just a few theaters in its second weekend. The movie stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson in a story about older Brits looking to retire in India.
Debuting in 10th place in limited release was the comic drama Girl in Progress, starring Eva Mendes as a single mother with a precocious daughter.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MAY 11-13The Avengers, $103.2 million
Dark Shadows, $28.8 million
Think Like a Man, $6.3 million
The Hunger Games, $4.4 million
The Lucky One, $4.1 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $3.2 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $3.1 million
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $2.7 million
Chimpanzee, $1.6 million
Girl in Progress, $1.4 million
DARK SHADOWS
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Avengers smashed the movie opening record this weekend, as the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up took in $200.3 million in its domestic debut, blowing past the previous record of $169.2 million for last year's opening of the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2. The Avengers also added $151.5 million overseas after opening internationally last week, bringing the movie's total take worldwide so far to $641.8 million in just a week and a half.
Directed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
The top movie for the past two weekends, Think Like a Man, fell to second place.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MAY 4-6The Avengers, $200.3 million
Think Like a Man, $8 million
The Hunger Games, $5.7 million
The Lucky One, $5.5 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $5.4 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $5.1 million
The Raven, $2.5 million
Safe, $2.47 million
Chimpanzee, $2.4 million
The Three Stooges, $1.8 million
THE AVENGERS
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The comedy Think Like a Man was the Number One movie for the second weekend in a row while the superhero film The Avengers opened big overseas, taking in $178.4 million in 39 countries ahead of its opening in the U.S. next weekend.
The next four films at the box office, including newcomers The Pirates! Band of Misfits and The Five-Year Engagement, were all so close that their positions could change once the final numbers are released today. But according to the studio estimates out yesterday, the animated family comedy The Pirates! Band of Misfits opened at Number Two, followed by The Lucky One, The Hunger Games, and the romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement, debuting in fifth place.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, about a pirate captain and his crew trying to best their rivals in a quest to win the title of Pirate of the Year, features the voices of Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven and Imelda Staunton. The Five-Year Engagement stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as a engaged couple who face ups and downs and repeated interruptions on their way to the altar. Co-starring are Alison Brie, Chris Pratt and Rhys Ifans.
Opening in sixth place was the action thriller Safe, starring Jason Statham as a cage fighter who takes on a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl from the Russian Mafia. Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon and Robert John Burke co-star. Debuting at Number Eight was The Raven, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, who joins forces with a detective after a killer begins committing murders inspired by Poe's writing.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 27-29Think Like a Man, $18 million
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, $11.4 million
The Lucky One, $11.3 million
The Hunger Games, $11.25 million
The Five-Year Engagement, $11.2 million
Safe, $7.7 million
The Raven, $7.3 million
Chimpanzee, $5.5 million
The Three Stooges, $5.4 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $4.5 million
THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT
SAFE
THE RAVEN
SOUND OF MY VOICE
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Hunger Games' streak as the Number One movie finally ended this weekend after four weeks, as it was topped by the debuts of Think Like a Man and The Lucky One -- both of which beat expectations -- and fell to third place.
Opening in first place was the romantic comedy Think Like a Man, based on comedian Steve Harvey's dating-advice book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The movie follows four couples trying to work out their relationship issues after the women buy Harvey's book and take his advice. Starring are Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, La La Anthony, Meagan Good, Chris Brown and Taraji P. Henson. Harvey, who executive produced, has a small role playing himself.
Debuting at Number Two was the romantic drama The Lucky One, based on a 2008 best-selling book by The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks. It stars Zac Efron as a U.S. Marine who returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, convinced that he was kept safe and alive by a photograph of a beautiful woman he found in the war rubble. When he finds the woman, played by Taylor Schilling, and begins working at her family's business, a romance blossoms between them. Co-starring are Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart and Adam LeFevre.
Disney's nature documentary, Chimpanzee, opened in fourth place. Narrated by Tim Allen, the film follows a baby chimpanzee named Oscar and his family in the forest.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 20-22Think Like a Man, $33 million
The Lucky One, $22.8 million
The Hunger Games, $14.5 million
Chimpanzee, $10.2 million
The Three Stooges, $9.2 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $7.8 million
American Reunion, $5.2 million
Titanic in 3-D, $5 million
21 Jump Street, $4.6 million
Mirror Mirror, $4.1 million
CHIMPANZEE
THE MOTH DIARIES
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The blockbuster film The Hunger Games topped the box office for the fourth straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $337.1 million.
Opening in second place was the comedy The Three Stooges, brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly's update on the legendary slapstick trio, starring Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe, Sean Hayes as Larry and Will Sasso as Curly. Jane Lynch and Sofia Vergara co-star.
The Cabin in the Woods, a thriller about five friends who go to a remote cabin that offers a twist on the horror genere, debuted at Number Three. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins star.
Opening in ninth place was the sci-fi/action film Lockout, starring Guy Pearce as a man wrongly convicted of espionage against the U.S. who's offered freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison that's been taken over by dangerous inmates. Co-starring are Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare and Joe Gilgun.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- APRIL 13-15The Hunger Games, $21.5 million
The Three Stooges, $17.1 million
The Cabin in the Woods, $14.9 million
Titanic in 3-D, $11.6 million
American Reunion, $10.6 million
Mirror Mirror, $7 million
Wrath of the Titans, $6.9 million
21 Jump Street, $6.8 million
Lockout, $6.3 million
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax, $3 million
LOCKOUT
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
THE THREE STOOGES
THE LADY
'THE HUNGER GAMES' WINS THIRD STRAIGHT WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE
No new arrivals have been able to tackle The Hunger Games at the box office and for the third straight week, it was the highest-performing film, taking in another $33.5 million.
The studio behind the film, Lionsgate, estimates that the film has now grossed $302.8 million domestically and $157.1 million internationally -- bringing its grand total to about $460 million.
American Reunion had a solid opening in second place with $21.5 million. Although it was the lowest opening weekend in the franchise since the 1999 original, it is a respectable for a comedy whose last installment was nine years ago.
Titanic, rereleased in 3-D took in $17.4 million over the weekend, raising its domestic take to $25.7 million since opening Wednesday. That lifts the lifetime domestic gross of the hit to $626.5 million.
The top 10 films of the weekend:1. "The Hunger Games," $33.5 million
2. "American Reunion," $21.5 million
3. "Titanic" in 3-D, $17.4 million
4. "Wrath of the Titans," $15 million
5. "Mirror Mirror," $11 million
6. "21 Jump Street," $10.2 million
7. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $5 million
8. "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," $975,000.
9. "John Carter," $820,000
10. "Safe House," $581,000
TITANIC IN 3D
AMERICAN REUNION
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Hunger Games was the top movie for the second weekend in a row, with the blockbuster taking in another $61.1 million to bring its domestic take to $251 million in just 10 days and make it the year's top-grossing film so far.
Opening in second place was the action movie Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans. Sam Worthington stars as the ancient Greek hero Perseus, who's seeking revenge for the death of his family at the hands of Hades, the god of the underworld, played by Ralph Fiennes. Other co-stars include Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike and Bill Nighy.
Mirror Mirror, a comic retelling of Snow White, debuted at Number Three. Lily Collins stars as Snow White, who teams up with the seven dwarves to fight and take back her kingdom from the evil queen, played by Julia Roberts. Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean and Mare Winningham co-star.
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- MARCH 30-APRIL 1The Hunger Games, $61.1 million
Wrath of the Titans, $34.2 million
Mirror Mirror, $19 million
21 Jump Street, $15 million
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax, $8 million
John Carter, $2 million
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, $1.3 million
Act of Valor, $1 million
A Thousand Words, $915,000
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, $835,000
WRATH OF THE TITANS
BULLY
GOON
MIRROR MIRROR
'THE HUNGER GAMES' BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS
The Hunger Games exploded at the box office over the weekend, taking in $155 million -- making it the third biggest movie opening ever, after last year's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, ($169 million) and the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight ($158 million).
The film easily beat all of the Twilight openings -- the biggest for that franchise was 2009's New Moon which took in $142 on opening weekend.It was also the biggest weekend non-sequel movie opening ever, besting Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland for that record. The movie was a hit with critics, averaging "86 Percent Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and receiving a 95 percent audience approval rating.
The opening even exceeded the expectations of analysts, one of whom proclaimed the weekend, "The birth of a franchise." The film is based on a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins, which have sold 30 million copies worldwide.
The weekend's top 10 films:
1. "The Hunger Games," $155 million.
2. "21 Jump Street," $21.3 million
3. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $13.1 million
4. "John Carter," $5 million
5. "Act of Valor," $2.1 million.
6. "Project X," $2 million.
7. "A Thousand Words," $1.9 million.
8. "October Baby," $1.7 million.
9. "Safe House," $1.39 million
10. "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," $1.37 million.
Best all-time openings:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $169.2 million
The Dark Knight, $158.4 million
The Hunger Games, $155 million
Spider-Man 3, $151.1 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $142.8 million
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1, $138.1 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $135.6 million
Iron Man 2, $128.1 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $125 million
Shrek the Third, $121.6 million
THE HUNGER GAMES
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
BRAKE
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