the top ten movies in north america

"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following are ticket sales for the top 10 movies 
at the North American box office for the April 1-3 weekend, according to 
studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1 (+) Hop ............................. $38.1 million   38.1 million
[***] 2 (+) Source Code ..................... $15.1 million   15.1 million
       3 (+) Insidious ....................... $13.5 million   13.5 million
[***] 4 (1) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: ... ....... $10.2 million   38.4 million
[***] 5 (3) Limitless ........................ $9.4 million   55.6 million
[***] 6 (4) The Lincoln Lawyer ............... $7.1 million   39.6 million
[***] 7 (2) Sucker Punch ..................... $6.1 million   29.9 million
[***] 8 (5) Rango ............................ $4.6 million  113.8 million
[***] 9 (6) Paul ............................. $4.3 million   31.9 million
[***] 10(7) Battle: Los Angeles .............. $3.5 million   78.5 million

NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. + indicates a new release.
Figures are rounded.

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FWIW, Yogi Bear is due to inch past the $100 million line in North America 
this weekend, which means it would be the 30th film of 2010 to cross that 
milestone, which means 2010 would now have more $100 million films than 
any year in history except for 2009, which had 32 such films:

      2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
  $100  30   32   29   28   19   19   24   29   24   20   22   21   18   16
  $200   9   10    6   11    6    8    6    6    7    6    3    4    2    3
  $300   4    3    3    4    1    1    3    3    3    2         1         1
  $400   1    2    1         1         1         1              1         1
  $500        1    1                                                      1
  $600        1                                                           1

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/hop-skips-boxoffice-lead-with-381m-debut-ap

LOS ANGELES - The Easter bunny has hopped into the top spot at the weekend 
box office.

Russell Brand's family comedy "Hop" debuted at No. 1 with $38.1 million, 
according to studio estimates Sunday.

With Brand providing the voice of the reluctant new Easter bunny, "Hop" 
bound well beyond the expectations of industry analysts, who had figured 
the movie would debut in the $25 million range.

Released by Universal, "Hop" matched the year's best debut, for "Rango," 
which opened a month ago with $38.1 million.

Jake Gyllenhaal's action thriller "Source Code" debuted at No. 2 with 
$15.1 million. The haunted-house tale "Insidious" opened at No. 3 with 
$13.5 million.

A Summit Entertainment release, "Source Code" stars Gyllenhaal as an Army 
officer tracking down a terrorist bomber by entering the mind of a man 
aboard a train that's about to be blown up.

"Insidious," released by Film District, features Patrick Wilson and Rose 
Byrne as a couple with three young children who encounter an eerie force 
after moving into a new house.

The previous weekend's top movie, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," 
fell to No. 4 with $10.2 million, raising its total to $38.4 million.

While "Hop" was among the year's best openings, it was unable to lift 
Hollywood out of a box-office slide that has persisted since late last 
year.

Overall revenues came in at $125 million, solid receipts for this time of 
year. Yet that was down 30 percent from the same weekend last year, when 
"Clash of the Titans" had a summer-style blockbuster opening of $61.2 
million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

Revenues so far this year are at $2.3 billion, off 20 percent from 2010, 
which had an unusual string of hits during a typically slow season for 
movie theaters.

"Even when we have a really strong weekend like this, we can't win, again 
because of last year's incredible run of big weekend after big weekend 
early in the year," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

Despite a slow market, "Hop" might be able to leg it out for a while at 
theaters, with Easter still three weeks away. A combination of live-action 
and computer animation, the movie has Brand's runaway bunny finding refuge 
with a grown-up slacker (James Marsden).

"When was there ever a really, truly Easter movie like this, about the 
Easter bunny that was kid friendly?" said Nikki Rocco, head of 
distribution for Universal. "I don't see why it wouldn't play out up to 
and including that little Easter Monday."

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2011&p=.htm

The Domestic Top 10 of 2011 (as of April 3, 2011)

[***] 1  (1) Rango (PG)                                     $113.8 million
[***] 2  (2) Just Go with It (PG-13)                        $101.4 million
[***] 3  (3) The Green Hornet (PG-13)                        $98.3 million
[***] 4  (4) Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                           $96.9 million
[***] 5  (5) Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)                     $78.5 million
       6  (6) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G)              $72.7 million
[***] 7  (7) No Strings Attached (R)                         $70.6 million
[***] 8  (8) Unknown (PG-13)                                 $62.5 million
[***] 9  (9) The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13)                   $58.6 million
[***] 10(13) Limitless (PG-13)                               $55.6 million

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm

The Domestic Top 35 of 2010 (as of April 3, 2011)

[***] 1  (1) Toy Story 3 (G)                                $415.0 million
[***] 2  (2) Alice in Wonderland (PG)                       $334.2 million
[***] 3  (3) Iron Man 2 (PG-13)                             $312.4 million
[***] 4  (4) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)             $300.5 million
[***] 5  (5) Harry Potter and the Deathly ... (PG-13)       $294.9 million
[***] 6  (6) Inception (PG-13)                              $292.6 million
[***] 7  (7) Despicable Me (PG)                             $251.5 million
[***] 8  (8) Shrek Forever After (PG)                       $238.7 million
[***] 9  (9) How to Train Your Dragon (PG)                  $217.6 million
[***] 10(10) Tangled (PG)                                   $198.7 million
[***] 11(11) The Karate Kid (PG)                            $176.6 million
[***] 12(12) Tron Legacy (PG)                               $171.9 million
[---] 13(13) True Grit (PG-13)                              $170.4 million
[***] 14(14) Clash of the Titans (PG-13)                    $163.2 million
[***] 15(15) Grown Ups (PG-13)                              $162.0 million
[***] 16(16) Little Fockers (PG-13)                         $148.4 million
[***] 17(17) Megamind (PG)                                  $148.4 million
[***] 18(18) The King's Speech (R)                          $135.5 million
[***] 19(19) The Last Airbender (PG)                        $131.8 million
[***] 20(20) Shutter Island (R)                             $128.0 million
[***] 21(21) The Other Guys (PG-13)                         $119.2 million
[***] 22(22) Salt (PG-13)                                   $118.3 million
[***] 23(23) Jackass 3D (R)                                 $117.2 million
[***] 24(24) Valentine's Day (PG-13)                        $110.5 million
[---] 25(25) Black Swan (R)                                 $106.7 million
[***] 26(26) Robin Hood (PG-13)                             $105.3 million
[***] 27(27) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage ... (PG)  $104.3 million
[***] 28(28) The Expendables (R)                            $103.1 million
[***] 29(29) Due Date (R)                                   $100.5 million
[***] 30(30) Yogi Bear (PG)                                 $100.0 million
[***] 31(31) Date Night (PG-13)                              $98.7 million
[***] 32(32) The Social Network (PG-13)                      $96.9 million
[***] 33(33) Sex and the City 2 (R)                          $95.3 million
[***] 34(34) The Book of Eli (R)                             $94.8 million
[***] 35(35) The Fighter (R)                                 $93.6 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2010&p=.htm

The Worldwide Top 30 of 2010 (as of April 3, 2011)

[***] 1  Toy Story 3 (G)                    415.0 + 648.2 = 1063.2 million
[***] 2  Alice in Wonderland (PG)           334.2 + 690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 3  Harry Potter and the ... (PG-13)   294.9 + 657.2 =  952.1 million
[***] 4  Inception (PG-13)                  292.6 + 533.0 =  825.5 million
[***] 5  Shrek Forever After (PG)           238.7 + 511.4 =  750.2 million
[***] 6  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 300.5 + 398.0 =  698.5 million
[***] 7  Iron Man 2 (PG-13)                 312.4 + 309.6 =  622.1 million
[***] 8  Tangled (PG)                       198.7 + 369.4 =  565.7 million
[***] 9  Despicable Me (PG)                 251.5 + 293.0 =  528.0 million
[***] 10 How to Train Your Dragon (PG)      217.6 + 277.3 =  494.9 million
[***] 11 Clash of the Titans (PG-13)        163.2 + 330.0 =  493.2 million
[***] 12 The Chronicles of Narnia: ... (PG) 104.3 + 303.3 =  409.0 million
[***] 13 Tron Legacy (PG)                   171.9 + 226.4 =  397.3 million
[***] 14 The King's Speech (R)              135.5 + 238.3 =  361.1 million
[***] 15 The Karate Kid (PG)                176.6 + 182.5 =  359.1 million
[***] 16 Prince of Persia: The ... (PG-13)   90.8 + 244.4 =  335.2 million
[***] 17 Robin Hood (PG-13)                 105.3 + 216.4 =  321.7 million
[***] 18 Megamind (PG)                      148.4 + 171.1 =  319.5 million
[***] 19 The Last Airbender (PG)            131.8 + 187.4 =  319.1 million
[***] 20 Little Fockers (PG-13)             148.4 + 160.4 =  308.9 million
[***] 21 Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)        60.1 + 236.1 =  296.2 million
[***] 22 Shutter Island (R)                 128.0 + 166.8 =  294.8 million
[***] 23 Salt (PG-13)                       118.3 + 175.2 =  293.5 million
[---] 24 Black Swan (R)                     106.7 + 181.8 =  288.4 million
[***] 25 Sex and the City 2 (R)              95.3 + 193.0 =  288.3 million
[***] 26 The Expendables (R)                103.1 + 171.4 =  274.5 million
[***] 27 Grown Ups (PG-13)                  162.0 + 109.4 =  271.4 million
[***] 28 The Tourist (PG-13)                 67.6 + 203.5 =  271.1 million
[***] 29 Knight and Day (PG-13)              76.4 + 185.5 =  261.9 million
[---] 30 True Grit (PG-13)                  170.4 +  74.5 =  244.9 million

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/

The Domestic Top 10 of All Time (as of April 3, 2011)

[*2*] 1  Avatar (2009)                                      $760.5 million
[*2*] 2  Titanic (1997)                                     $600.8 million
[***] 3  The Dark Knight (2008)                             $533.3 million
[*7*] 4  Star Wars (1977)                                   $461.0 million
[***] 5  Shrek 2 (2004)                                     $441.2 million
[*4*] 6  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)                  $435.1 million
[*3*] 7  Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)   $431.1 million
[***] 8  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)  $423.3 million
[***] 9  Toy Story 3 (2010)                                 $415.0 million
[*2*] 10 Spider-Man (2002)                                  $403.7 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

The Worldwide Top 10 of All Time (as of April 3, 2011)

[*2*] 1  Avatar (2009)                     760.5 + 2021.7 = 2782.2 million
[*2*] 2  Titanic (1997)                    600.8 + 1242.4 = 1843.2 million
[*4*] 3  The Lord of the Rings: ... (2003) 377.0 +  742.1 = 1119.1 million
[***] 4  Pirates of the ... Chest (2006)   423.3 +  642.9 = 1066.2 million
[***] 5  Toy Story 3 (2010)                415.0 +  648.2 = 1063.2 million
[***] 6  Alice in Wonderland (2010)        334.2 +  690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 7  The Dark Knight (2008)            533.3 +  468.6 = 1001.9 million
[*2*] 8  Harry Potter and the ... (2001)   317.6 +  657.2 =  974.7 million
[***] 9  Pirates of the ... End (2007)     309.4 +  651.6 =  961.0 million
[***] 10 Harry Potter and the ... (2010)   294.9 +  657.2 =  952.1 million

--- Peter T. Chattaway ------------- http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/ ---
Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments; only afterwards do they
    claim remembrance, on account of their scars. -- Chris Marker, La Jetee

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