Weekend Box Office: Fast Five Floors It To The Front

Vin Diesel and Jordana Brewster in Fast Five
(Image credit: Universal Pictures)

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:

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1.Fast Five *$83,630,000Total: $83,630,000LW: N WR: 1
THTRS: 3,644
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2.Rio$14,400,000Total: $103,627,000LW: 1 WR: 3
THTRS: 3,708
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3.Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family$10,050,000Total: $41,080,000LW: 2 WR: 2
THTRS: 2,288
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4.Water for Elephants$9,125,000Total: $32,263,000LW: 3 WR: 2
THTRS: 2,820
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5.Prom *$5,000,000Total: $5,000,000LW: N WR: 1
THTRS: 2,730
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6.Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil *$4,140,000Total: $4,140,000LW: N WR: 1
THTRS: 2,505
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7.Soul Surfer$3,300,000Total: $33,775,000LW: 7 WR: 4
THTRS: 2,010
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8.Insidious$2,687,000Total: $48,307,000LW: 9 WR: 5
THTRS: 1,584
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9.Hop$2,557,000Total: $105,276,000LW: 4 WR: 5
THTRS: 3,176
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10.Source Code$2,532,000Total: $48,909,000LW: 10 WR: 0
THTRS: 1,645