Weekend Box Office: April 8-10
Sun, April 10, 2011 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Hop - $21.6 million
2. Arthur - $12.6 million
3. Hanna - $12.3 million
4. Soul Surfer - $11.1 million
5. Insidious - $9.7 million
6. Your Highness - $9.5 million
7. Source Code - $9 million
8. Limitless - $5.6 million
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules - $4.8 million
10. The Lincoln Lawyer - $4.6 million
The moviegoing public has spoken, and they would rather have Russell Brand as the Easter Bunny than in a role that Dudley Moore did so much better. Hop takes the top spot again with $21.6 million, bringing its total up to an impressive $68 million in less than 10 days. It will most likely take a hit next weekend when the animated Rio opens in theaters, but it's done very well so far.
Arthur, in the meantime, opened with a so-so $12.6 million. Can we all agree now that they shouldn't have remade this in the first place?
The kiddie-assassin film, Hanna, did surprisingly well, opening with $12.3 million (it may even switch places with Arthur once the final totals for the weekend come in). The film reportedly only had a production budget of about $30 million. Soul Surfer, the inspirational true story about a girl returning to surfing after losing an arm in a shark attack, opened with a strong $11.1 million. Another low-budgeted film (about $18 million), was heavily marketed to Christian family audiences, and the marketing seems to have paid off.
Insidious pulled off a rare feat for horror films for not falling a cliff in its second weekend. Dropping only 26%, the haunted-kid tale earned $9.7 million to bring its total up to $27 million. Keep in mind, the movie only cost about $1 million to make. That's a win for the micro-budgeted horror genre.
Your Highness, which just looked insanely stupid rather than funny, bombed this weekend with $9.5 million. Worse, it dropped 9% from Friday to Saturday, which means word-of-mouth was terrible.
Source Code had decent 38% drop for its second weekend, falling from second place to seventh with $9 million. It's no Inception, but it's doing all right.
It's Rio vs. Scream 4 next weekend, so check back in to see what movie will give the other the bird at the box office. And yes, I will be using that terrible joke again next weekend.
Reader Comments (1)
Completely surprised that Hop is doing so well. I really can't stand the live-action/animation mix of movies that have been released recently. Haven't read any reviews for this one yet but it's doing really well at the box office. Maybe its a little better.