This weekend the box office made some sense for once, with Rio holding over the top spot. Children's movies often hold strong until there is competition, and Rio is proving to be no different. Rio made a strong $26.8 million according to AP estimates. That represents a very strong number, even better when its the films second weekend. In second and third place were two of the weekends wide releases, Madea's Big Happy Family and Water for Elephants. Big Happy Family did typically strong Tyler Perry numbers making $25.7 million. Water for Elephants did a surprisingly strong $17.5 million in revenue, this is a solid number for the type of film that it is. It shows Robert Pattinson has a solid leading man fan base and bodes well for his post Twilight career. Hop and Scream 4 rounded out the top 5 with $12.5 million and $7.2 million respectively. African Cats made $6.4 million and fell into 6th place, not a great number but about the same as the other annual Disney Earth Day movie releases.
Next week we get a decent amount of new releases, and they should unofficially start the summer box office with a bang. The main competition will be between Fast Five, Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil, and holdover Rio. We also get ensemble comedy Prom, so the young crowd should have a lot to choose from. I predict Fast Five will drive over the competition in route to a number one spot, followed by Rio, Hoodwinked Too, Prom, and Madea's Big Happy Family.
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