Weekend Box Office: May 10-12

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  Iron Man 3 - $72.4 million

2.  The Great Gatsby - $51.1 million

3.  Pain and Gain - $5 million

4.  Tyler Perry Presents: Peeples - $4.8 million

5.  42- $4.6 million

6.  Oblivion - $3.8 million

7.  The Croods - $3.6 million

8.  The Big Wedding - $2.5 million

9.  Mud - $2.3 million

10.  Oz The Great and Powerful - $802,000

Iron Man 3 easily took first place in its second weekend (as expected), and once again, Hollywood recoils in shock (as expected) as it discovers that women actually attend movies too, as the The Great Gatsby earned a whopping $51.1 million, making it the third-highest second-place opening weekend of all time.  It's also star Leonardo DiCaprio's second-highest opening after Inception, and it will pass Moulin Rouge! as director Baz Luhrmann's highest-grossing film.  All in one weekend.

Meanwhile, Iron Man 3 dropped 58% from it's big opening last weekend, but still pulled in an impressive $72.4 million.  Its domestic total currently stands at $284 million, and will pass the $300 million mark before Star Trek takes over the IMAX screens on Thursday.  Marvel's favorite son continues to do gangbuster business overseas, where it currently stands at $664 million.  Its worldwide total should pass the $1 billion mark within the next week.

The weekend was not so kind to the Tyler Perry's latest film, as Peeples stalled out with only $4.8 million.  That's a rare flop for Tyler Perry, whose films usually do quite well. 

Another big weekend looms ahead, as Captain Kirk and crew return in Star Trek: Into Darkness, which arrives in theaters on Thursday.  Until then, Happy Mother's Day!