the top ten movies in north america

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following are ticket sales for the top 10 movies 
at the North American box office for the April 22-24 weekend, according to 
studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1 (1) Rio ............................. $26.8 million   81.3 million
       2 (+) Tyler Perry's Madea's Big ... ... $25.8 million   25.6 million
[***] 3 (+) Water for Elephants ............. $17.5 million   17.5 million
[***] 4 (3) Hop ............................. $12.5 million  100.5 million
[***] 5 (2) Scream 4 ......................... $7.2 million   31.2 million
[***] 6 (+) African Cats ..................... $6.4 million    6.4 million
[***] 7 (5) Soul Surfer ...................... $5.6 million   28.7 million
[***] 8 (7) Insidious ........................ $5.4 million   44.2 million
[***] 9 (4) Hanna ............................ $5.3 million   31.7 million
[***] 10(8) Source Code ...................... $5.1 million   44.7 million

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

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FWIW, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I may be #3 within its 
franchise on the domestic chart (behind Philosopher's Stone and Half-Blood 
Prince) and #2 worldwide (behind Philosopher's Stone), but it has now 
nudged its way into the #1 spot on the overseas-only list.

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/rio-speaks-louder-than-madea-repeats-no-1-ap

LOS ANGELES - Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg's talking birds have edged 
out Tyler Perry's sass-talking grandma at the weekend box office.

Hathaway and Eisenberg's animated family adventure "Rio" took in $26.8 
million to remain the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend, 
according to studio estimates Sunday.

"Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family" debuted a close second with $25.8 
million, another solid opening for writer-director Perry, who also stars 
as boisterous, opinionated grandma Madea.

Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson's circus romance "Water for 
Elephants" premiered in third-place with $17.5 million.

"It's nice to have two movies in the top-three," said Bert Livingston, 
distribution executive for 20th Century Fox, which released both "Rio" and 
"Water for Elephants."

The weekend's other new wide release, Disney's nature documentary "African 
Cats," opened at No. 6 with $6.4 million.

Morgan Spurlock's product-placement documentary "POM Wonderful Presents: 
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" opened with fair but unremarkable business 
in limited release.

The latest from the maker of the hit documentary "Super Size Me" took in 
$135,139 in 18 theaters, averaging $7,508 a cinema. That compares to an 
$11,254 average in 2,288 theaters for "Madea's Big Happy Family," which 
had by far the best cinema average among the top-10 movies.

Hollywood scored its second-straight weekend of rising revenues, good news 
for studios that have been in a box-office slide since last fall.

Receipts totaled $138 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend last 
year, when "How to Train Your Dragon" was No. 1 with $15.4 million, 
according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

The upward trend likely will continue next weekend with "Fast Five," the 
latest movie in "The Fast and the Furious" action franchise, expected to 
have a huge opening, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

"I think we're going to have three up weekends in a row, and for us, 
that's a roll. We've been down for so long," Dergarabedian said. "It 
really points out how cyclical this business is."

A love-bird story centered on rare parrots, "Rio" raised its domestic 
total to $81.3 million. The movie has taken in $204.7 million more 
overseas, for a worldwide haul of $286 million.

"Rio" held on well to its audience, revenues dropping a scant 32 percent 
in the second weekend, while "Water for Elephants" came in a bit above 
industry expectations.

Adapted from the best-selling novel, "Water for Elephants" features 
Witherspoon as the star of a Depression-era circus, with Pattinson 
co-starring as a veterinarian who falls for her despite her jealous, 
tyrannical husband.

"It felt like old-time filmmaking for me and I think for the audience," 
Livingston said. "I think it's going to play for a long time. People are 
going to talk about it."

While Perry's latest "Madea" flick was unable to knock "Rio" off its 
perch, the filmmaker has been a prolific and consistent box-office earner, 
averaging two movies a year for distributor Lionsgate over the last four 
years.

"He has the most loyal fan base that I certainly have ever been associated 
with," said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate. "They just 
continue to come out and flock to the cinemas and see his movies, whether 
it's a drama or comedy. He knows how to speak to his audience."

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

The Domestic Top 10 of 2011 (as of April 24, 2011)

[***] 1 (1) Rango (PG)                                      $119.5 million
[***] 2 (2) Just Go with It (PG-13)                         $102.4 million
[***] 3 (5) Hop (PG)                                        $100.5 million
[***] 4 (3) The Green Hornet (PG-13)                         $98.8 million
[***] 5 (4) Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                            $98.0 million
[***] 6 (6) Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)                      $82.4 million
[***] 7(17) Rio (G)                                          $81.3 million
[***] 8 (9) Limitless (PG-13)                                $74.0 million
       9 (7) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G)               $72.9 million
[***] 10(8) No Strings Attached (R)                          $70.7 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2011&p=.htm

The Worldwide Top 10 of 2011 (as of April 24, 2011)

[***] 1  Rio (G)                              81.3 + 202.6 = 283.9 million
[***] 2  Rango (PG)                          119.5 + 115.6 = 235.1 million
[***] 3  The Green Hornet (PG-13)             98.8 + 129.5 = 228.3 million
[***] 4  Just Go with It (PG-13)             102.4 + 103.2 = 205.6 million
[***] 5  Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)          82.4 + 115.7 = 198.1 million
[***] 6  Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                98.0 +  78.0 = 176.0 million
[***] 7  Hop (PG)                            100.5 +  47.2 = 147.7 million
[***] 8  No Strings Attached (R)              70.7 +  73.9 = 144.6 million
[***] 9  I Am Number Four (PG-13)             54.2 +  74.2 = 128.4 million
[***] 10 Limitless (PG-13)                    74.0 +  42.0 = 116.0 million

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

The Domestic Top 10 of All Time (as of April 24, 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 17, 2011)

[*2*] 1  Avatar (2009)                     760.5 + 2021.8 = 2782.3 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)   295.0 +  659.5 =  954.5 million

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