‘Eclipse’ Bites Box Office With $82.5M Over Holiday Weekend

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“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has risen to an $82.5 million haul over the long Fourth of July weekend and lifted its total to $175.3 million after just six days, according to studio estimates Monday.

The vampire romance from Summit Entertainment
finished at No. 1 over the four-day weekend, despite a steep drop in its daily take after a $68.5 million start last Wednesday, the second biggest opening day ever.

“Movies that pop this big on opening day, it’s virtually impossible to keep up that breakneck pace,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “We’ve seen this with a lot of movies where the first day is their biggest day, then it kind of settles into a more normal pattern.”

Coming in second for the weekend with $53.2 million from Friday to Monday was Paramount’s action fantasy “The Last Airbender,” pushing its total to $70.5 million since opening Thursday. The movie did strong business despite terrible reviews.

Disney’s Pixar Animation blockbuster “Toy Story 3,” which had been No. 1 the two previous weekends, slipped to third-place with $42.2 million, raising its domestic total to $301.1 million.

“Toy Story 3″ shot past last year’s “Up” at $293 million to become the No. 2 hit for Pixar, behind only “Finding Nemo” at $339.7 million.

1. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” $82.5 million.
2. “The Last Airbender,” $53.2 million.
3. “Toy Story 3,” $42.2 million.
4. “Grown Ups,” $26.5 million.
5. “Knight and Day,” $14 million.
6. “The Karate Kid,” $11.5 million.
7. “The A-Team,” $4.3 million.
8. “Get Him to the Greek,” $1.7 million.
9. “Shrek Forever After,” $1.3 million.
10. “Cyrus,” $1 million.

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Toy Story 3 Still The Tops, Cruise Disappoints

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The toys and the Grown Ups rule the U.S. box office, combining to make $100 million over the weekend.

Adam Sandler’s comedy opened with $41 million but failed to steal the top spot from Toy Story 3, which raked in $59 million in its second week on release.

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s action comedy Knight and Day opened in third place with a distant and disappointing $20.5 million – the worst opening for a Cruise film in 20 years.

The Karate Kid and The A-Team round out the new top five.

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‘Toy Story 3′ Earns Biggest Debut In June History; ‘Jonah Hex’, With Josh Brolin & Megan Fox, Bombs

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Woody and Buzz kicked “The Karate Kid” off the top of the toy heap this weekend as “Toy Story 3″ became the most successful Pixar debut of all time.

The Disney-owned company’s sequel about the secret life of ragdolls and action heroes opened in the No. 1 spot with $109 million in ticket sales, smashing the $70.5 million record set by Pixar’s 2004 hit “The Incredibles.”

Only two other animated movies, “Shrek the Third,” which took in $122 million its first weekend in 2007, and “Shrek 2,” which pulled in $108 million during its 2004 debut, have broken the $100 million barrier.

“The Karate Kid” landed a distant second with $29 million in sales.

“Toy Story 3″ preserves Pixar’s perfect track record: All 11 of its films have opened at No. 1.Reuniting voice stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, the movie has Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their toy pals facing their mortality, worried they will end up on the scrap heap now that the kid who owned them has grown up.

The weekend’s other new wide release, Warner Bros. action tale “Jonah Hex,” bombed with sales of just $5.1 million to open No. 8.

Adapted from the comic book series, “Jonah Hex” stars Josh Brolin as a disfigured 19th century bounty hunter tracking a villain who aims to unleash a doomsday weapon.

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Karate Kid Beats The A-team To Top The U.S. Box Office

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The Karate Kid remake has kicked its way to the top of the U.S. box office with a staggering $56 million opening weekend.

The film, starring Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son Jaden and Jackie Chan, more than doubled the take of second-placed film The A-Team.

Shrek Forever After slipped to number three after three weeks at number one, but the animated hit has now become the fourth movie of 2010 to top $200 million at the U.S. box office.

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Shrek Sequel Still On Top At U.S. Box Office

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Animated 3D movie Shrek Forever After has held onto its reign at the top of the U.S. box office for the third consecutive weekend, adding $25.3 million (£16.9 million) to its domestic earnings.

The third sequel in the franchise, featuring Mike Myers voicing the beloved green ogre, has raised a three-week domestic total of $183 million.

In second place was Jonah Hill and Russell Brand’s rock ‘n’ roll comedy Get Him to the Greek, which debuted with takings of $17.4 million.

Opening at three with $16.1 million was Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher’s Killers, while Jake Gyllenhaal’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time slipped down a spot into fourth position, earning $13.9 million.

Sex and the City 2 finished in fifth place – down from last weekend’s second – and added $12.7 million (£8.5 million) to its two-week total, raising its domestic earnings to $73.4 million.

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Shrek Stomps All Over Sex At U.S. Box Office

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Shrek Forever After has slain the girls from Sex And The City 2 to score a second week at number one in the battle of the U.S. box office.

The animated 3D movie reigned supreme with takings of $43.3 million (£28.9 million), beating Sex and the City 2′s opening gross of $32.1 million (£21.4 million), based on ticket sales over the three-day weekend.

The romantic comedy, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, grossed an extra $14.2 million from midnight screenings on Wednesday night and showings on Thursday to bring its total up to $46.3 million.

However, the additional sales are not included in the chart tallies for America’s Memorial Day weekend and the grand total still falls short of the $56.8 million the original debuted with in 2008.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Disney action/adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time enters at three with $30.1 million, while Iron Man 2 slips to fourth position and Robin Hood rounds out the new top five at five.

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“Iron Man 2″ Bests “Robin Hood” at Box Office

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Steel bested bows and arrows at the movies this weekend, with “Iron Man 2″ fighting off the new release “Robin Hood” to stay at the top of the box office.

The superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. took in $53 million domestically to remain at No. 1, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com; final figures will be released Monday:

1. “Iron Man 2,” $53 million.
2. “Robin Hood,” $37.1 million.
3. “Letters to Juliet,” $13.75 million.
4. “Just Wright,” $8.5 million.
5. “How to Train Your Dragon,” $5.1 million.
6. “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” $4.7 million.
7. “Date Night,” $4 million.
8. “The Back-Up Plan,” $2.5 million.
9. “Furry Vengeance,” $2.3 million.
10. “Clash of the Titans,” $1.3 million.

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Iron Man 2 Blasts To Top Of U.S. Box Office

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Iron Man 2 has rocketed to the top of the U.S. box office chart to score the fifth biggest opening weekend in history with a powerful $133.6 million.

The sequel to the 2008 hit, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the comic book superhero, dominated movie theaters across America this weekend (07-09May10) as the nation celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday.

The bumper figures overshadowed the takings of the original Iron Man, which grossed $98.6 million when it debuted in 2008.

However the follow-up failed to match the record set by The Dark Knight in 2008, which holds the title for the biggest opening weekend ever at the U.S. box office with $158.4 million. Iron Man 2 sits behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in the record books – the Disney adventure is fourth on the list after taking $135.6 million upon its release in 2006.

Iron Man 2′s U.S. profits takes the Jon Favreau movie’s worldwide total to over $327 million.

Last week’s most popular film, a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, fell to second place with $9.1 million, while animated hit How to Train Your Dragon held strong at three with $6.7 million, more than a month after its release.

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‘Iron Man 2′ Puts Pedal To The Metal With $52.4M

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Robert Downey Jr. is packing a bigger box-office punch with his second “Iron Man” movie.

“Iron Man 2″ took in $52.4 million domestically on its opening day Friday. That’s nearly a 50 percent increase over the $35.2 million first day of the original “Iron Man” two years ago.

That puts the Paramount release based on the Marvel Comics superhero on track for a debut weekend of $125 million to $135 million, which would make it the fifth-biggest opening weekend on the box-office charts.

The first “Iron Man” movie had a $98.6 million debut weekend.

“Iron Man 2″ has taken in nearly $150 million overseas since it debuted in many international markets last week. Worldwide, the movie has climbed to a $200 million total.

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Makes A Killing At U.S. Box Office

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Horror icon Freddy Krueger killed competition at the U.S. box office at the weekend (30Apr-02May10) as A Nightmare On Elm Street debuted at the top spot with $32 million (£20 million) in earnings.

Twenty-five years after Robert Englund debuted as the serial killer who murders teens in their dreams, Watchmen actor Jackie Earle Haley slips on the famous Freddy mask for another sequel.

Haley’s remake is the 10th Nightmare on Elm Street movie in the franchise, which has also spawned two TV series.

Meanwhile, family film How to Train Your Dragon slips from first to second place, adding $10.8 million (£6.6 million) to its new six-week total of $192.3 million (£120.2 million).

Steve Carell and Tina Fey comedy Date Night romanced cinemagoers at three, collecting $7.6 million (£4.8 million).

And rounding out the top five are Jennifer Lopez’s The Back-Up Plan and Brendan Fraser comedy Furry Vengeance, earning $7.2 million (£4.5 million) and $6.5 million (£4.1 million) respectively.

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