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 May 20-22 weekend, according to 
studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1 (+) Pirates of the Caribbean: ... ... $90.1 million   90.1 million
[***] 2 (2) Bridesmaids ..................... $21.1 million   59.5 million
[***] 3 (1) Thor ............................ $15.5 million  145.4 million
[***] 4 (3) Fast Five ....................... $10.6 million  186.2 million
[***] 5 (5) Rio .............................. $4.7 million  131.6 million
       6 (4) Priest ........................... $4.6 million   23.7 million
       7 (6) Jumping the Broom ................ $3.7 million   31.3 million
[***] 8 (7) Something Borrowed ............... $3.4 million   31.4 million
[***] 9 (8) Water for Elephants .............. $2.2 million   52.4 million
       10(9) Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy ... .. $990,000   51.8 million

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

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Just for the record, I *really* don't like the word "reboot" is being 
tossed around in connection with Pirates of the Caribbean.  It's bad 
enough that the word gets thrown around whenever a film gets remade, but 
the new Pirates film isn't even a remake -- it's a sequel, period.

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/rebooted-pirates-sets-overseas-box-office-record-ap

NEW YORK - The reengineered "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel "On Stranger 
Tides" found its smoothest sailing overseas, where it took in a record 
$256.3 million at the international box office, according to studio 
estimates Sunday.

That surpasses the previous record foreign opening of the sixth "Harry 
Potter" film, 2009's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which 
earned $236 million internationally.

Walt Disney co. said "On Stranger Tides," the fourth "Pirates" 
installment, earned $90.1 million domestically. Its combined worldwide 
total is $346.4 million, the fourth largest global opening ever.

The new 3-D film jettisons co-stars Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, but 
brings back Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow. "Chicago" director Rob 
Marshall took the helm from Gore Verbinski, who directed the trilogy. 
Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane introduce new characters.

It was a risky reboot considering the popularity of the previous "Pirates" 
films. The last, 2007's "At World's End," opened with $114.7 million.

But "At World's End" was also badly reviewed and disappointing to much of 
its audience. For Disney, which has expansive merchandising and theme park 
tie-ins to "Pirates of the Caribbean," it's a crucial franchise. The first 
three movies earned a combined $2.7 billion worldwide.

"The whole play of this particular movie was based on a worldwide release 
because of our feeling of how strong the international marketplace would 
be," said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney. "Johnny is not just 
a domestic star. Johnny is an international star."

Viane said the result vindicated the franchise's new look, that audiences 
"loved the rebooted attitude." Viane didn't comment on whether this meant 
a subsequent fifth film, but that seems extremely likely. Producer Jerry 
Bruckheimer already has a script in the works.

"On Stranger Tides" was the only new film in wide-release on the weekend. 
In its second week of release, the acclaimed comedy "Bridesmaids," 
starring Kristen Wiig, was second at the box office with $21 million. That 
was an impressively small decrease of just 20 percent from the Universal 
release's opening weekend of $26.2 million.

The slight decrease was even less than popular comedies like "The 
Hangover" and "Wedding Crashers," which had similarly sustained business 
due to strong word-of-mouth.

Last week's top film at the box office, the comic book adaptation "Thor," 
from Paramount, slid to third place in its third week of release. It 
earned $15.5 million, bringing its cumulative total to $145.4 million.

Making its limited-release debut was Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," 
which has received some of the best reviews for Allen in years. The Sony 
Pictures Classics release opened in just six theaters, but drew an 
exceptional per-screen average of more than $96,000.

Though "On Stranger Tides" had the best North America opening of the year, 
the international revenue was the larger story. The film traded on its 
foreign appeal by casting international stars like Cruz and setting itself 
in bright tropical locales.

"This proves the importance of the global marketplace," said Paul 
Dergarabedian, box office analyst for Hollywood.com.

The film performed especially strong in Russia, China and India, 
accounting for $52.6 million. It set an all-time record in Russia, taking 
in $28.6 million.

The film benefited from higher ticket prices for 3-D showings, but perhaps 
more importantly from IMAX screenings. "On Stranger Tides" set a global 
record for IMAX with $16.7 million worldwide.

Propelled largely by the "Pirates" installment and the continuing success 
of "Bridesmaids," it was the second "up" weekend in a row as compared with 
box office figures from the same weekend last year. Next weekend, the 
three-day Memorial Day weekend, also appears bright, with debuts from "The 
Hangover Part II" from Warner Bros. and "Kung Fu Panda 2" from Paramount.

Combined with the second weekend of "On Stranger Tides," Dergarabedian 
expects it to be one of the biggest moviegoing Memorial Day weekends ever.

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

The Domestic Top 10 of 2011 (as of May 22, 2011)

[***] 1 (1) Fast Five (PG-13)                               $186.2 million
[***] 2 (4) Thor (PG-13)                                    $145.4 million
[***] 3 (2) Rio (G)                                         $131.6 million
[***] 4 (3) Rango (PG)                                      $121.2 million
[***] 5 (5) Hop (PG)                                        $107.2 million
[***] 6 (6) Just Go with It (PG-13)                         $103.0 million
[***] 7 (7) Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                            $99.4 million
[***] 8 (8) The Green Hornet (PG-13)                         $98.8 million
[***] 9 (+) Pirates of the Caribbean: On ... Tides (PG-13)   $90.1 million
[***] 10(9) Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)                      $83.3 million

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

The Worldwide Top 10 of 2011 (as of May 22, 2011)

[***] 1  Fast Five (PG-13)                   186.2 + 320.0 = 506.2 million
[***] 2  Rio (G)                             131.6 + 307.0 = 438.6 million
[***] 3  Thor (PG-13)                        145.4 + 237.5 = 382.9 million
[***] 4  Pirates of the ... Tides (PG-13)     90.1 + 256.3 = 346.4 million
[***] 5  Rango (PG)                          121.2 + 119.2 = 240.4 million
[***] 6  The Green Hornet (PG-13)             98.8 + 129.0 = 227.7 million
[***] 7  Just Go with It (PG-13)             103.0 + 110.9 = 213.9 million
[***] 8  Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)          83.3 + 118.9 = 202.1 million
[***] 9  Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                99.4 +  78.0 = 177.4 million
[***] 10 Hop (PG)                            107.2 +  63.7 = 170.9 million

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

The Domestic Top 10 of All Time (as of May 22, 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 May 22, 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 +  654.0 =  963.4 million
[***] 10 Harry Potter and the ... (2010)   295.0 +  659.5 =  954.5 million

--- Peter T. Chattaway ------------- http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/ ---
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