Weekend Box Office: Fast Five Floors It To The Front
The box office has been hungering all year for a hit to help break its ticket sales slump. Leave it to the fourth sequel in a hit and miss franchise to get the run up to summer jump started.
Fast Five sped into theaters this weekend, hauling away over $83 million. That's the biggest opening for a movie in the Fast/Furious franchise. It's also more than the third film, Tokyo Drift made in US sales during its entire run.
Disney/Buena Vista, seeking to find something to succeed its wildly successful High School Musical phenomenon, attempted to capitolize on another ubiquitous teen experience: Prom. The movie attracted minimal audiences and took in just $5 million.
Third newcomer Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil was produced on a minimalist $30 million budget. It's true that you get what you pay for, and in this movie's case it shows, both from the critics and the box office. With just over $4 million it settled for a sixth place debut.
For the full weekend top ten totals, check out the chart below:
1. | Fast Five * | $83,630,000 | Total: $83,630,000 | LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 3,644 |
2. | Rio | $14,400,000 | Total: $103,627,000 | LW: 1 WR: 3 THTRS: 3,708 |
3. | Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family | $10,050,000 | Total: $41,080,000 | LW: 2 WR: 2 THTRS: 2,288 |
4. | Water for Elephants | $9,125,000 | Total: $32,263,000 | LW: 3 WR: 2 THTRS: 2,820 |
5. | Prom * | $5,000,000 | Total: $5,000,000 | LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2,730 |
6. | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil * | $4,140,000 | Total: $4,140,000 | LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2,505 |
7. | Soul Surfer | $3,300,000 | Total: $33,775,000 | LW: 7 WR: 4 THTRS: 2,010 |
8. | Insidious | $2,687,000 | Total: $48,307,000 | LW: 9 WR: 5 THTRS: 1,584 |
9. | Hop | $2,557,000 | Total: $105,276,000 | LW: 4 WR: 5 THTRS: 3,176 |
10. | Source Code | $2,532,000 | Total: $48,909,000 | LW: 10 WR: 0 THTRS: 1,645 |
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