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 27-29 weekend, according to 
studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1  (+) The Hangover Part II ........... $86.5 million  118.1 million
[***] 2  (+) Kung Fu Panda 2 ................ $48.0 million   53.8 million
[***] 3  (1) Pirates of the Caribbean: ... .. $39.3 million  152.9 million
[***] 4  (2) Bridesmaids .................... $16.4 million   85.0 million
[***] 5  (3) Thor ............................ $9.4 million  159.7 million
[***] 6  (4) Fast Five ....................... $6.6 million  196.0 million
       7-(13) Midnight in Paris ............... $1.9 million    2.8 million
       7- (7) Jumping the Broom ............... $1.9 million   34.2 million
[***] 9- (8) Something Borrowed .............. $1.8 million   34.8 million
[***] 9- (6) Rio ............................. $1.8 million  134.8 million

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

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FWIW, The Hangover Part II has the second-largest opening of any R-rated 
movie ever, behind The Matrix Reloaded (2003, $91.8 million on the 
three-day weekend, $134.3 million for the Thursday-to-Sunday period).

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/hangover-part-ii-biggest-comedy-all-time-1181-million

Shattering numerous records, Warner Bros.' The Hangover Part II grossed 
$118.1 million in its first four days to help fuel the best Memorial Day 
weekend in history at the domestic box office. The sequel is expected to 
gross another $20 million on Monday for a staggering five-day bow of 
$138.1 million, setting a new benchmark for comedies.

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's Kung Fu Panda 2 also contributed to 
the boom, grossing $62.4 million in its first four days (like Hangover, 
Panda opened on Thursday). The 3D toon should end Monday with a five-day 
total of $68.2 million.

Kung Fu Panda impressed overseas, where it grossed a mighty $57 million 
from 8,023 markets in only 11 territories. In seven territories, it scored 
the best opening ever for an animated title and in China, scored the 
biggest opening of all time for a foreign film in grossing $18.5 million.

Hangover's foreign numbers weren't immediately available.

In the U.S., the specialty business also soared, thanks to Woody Allen's 
holdover Midnight in Paris and new entry The Tree of Life, from Terrence 
Malick.

Tree of Life, grossing $352,320 for the weekend proper as it opened in 
four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, posted a per location average 
of $88,080 -- an all-time high for a Fox Searchlight title.

Midnight -- which debuted last weekend to a per location average of 
$99,834 -- grossed $1.9 million as it expanded into a total of 58 theaters 
for a 10-day cume of $2.8 million, according to Rentrak.

The overall uptick in theater traffic at the domestic box office was a 
welcome respite for the film business, which has suffered one of the worst 
box slumps in history. Grosses for Memorial Day weekend are projected to 
reach $270 million, easily surpassing the $254 million earned in 2007.

From Todd Phillips, Hangover grabbed the best opening ever for a comedy, 
besting the $85.7 million earned by Bruce Almighty over Memorial Day 
weekend in 2003, as well as the biggest Saturday ever for a comedy ($29.7 
million).

Hangover and Universal's Bridesmaids set new benchmarks for the playing 
power of R-rated comedies. Even with competition from Hangover, 
Bridesmaids held well over the weekend, declining only 27% to an estimated 
$16.4 million to place No. 4. On Monday, Bridesmaids is expected to earn 
another $4.4 million for a domestic cume of $89.4 million.

Hangover should grab the largest five-day opening ever for any R-rated 
pic, comedy or otherwise. Previous best was The Matrix Reloaded ($134.3 
million) and The Passion of the Christ ($125.2 million).

Hangover is a sizeable victory for Warners and co-financing partner 
Legendary Pictures, and delivered the studio its best Memorial Weekend 
ever (Terminator Salvation was the previous crown holder at $65.3 
million).

"This blows everything out of the water. It,s pretty amazing stuff," 
Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said. 
"Moviegoers love all the characters, and they love the story."

Hangover is the first title in months to appeal heavily to younger 
moviegoers, who represented 54% of the audience.

Moviegoers delivered rave reviews for both Hangover and Kung Fu Panda, 
which drew an A- CinemaScore and A CinemaScore, respectively.

Families turned out in force for Kung Fu Panda, which return Jack Black, 
Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen and Lucy Liu 
return to lead the voice cast. About 45% of the total gross came 3D 
screens. If the toon had played in Imax, 3D grosses would have likely 
repped 55% of the total.

"We're thrilled to have Kung Fu Panda be part of this record-breaking 
weekend. We came in at high end of expectations. We played very strong to 
families and kids, who made up 60% of our audience," DreamWorks Animation 
president of marketing Anne Globe said.

The original Kung Fu Panda debuted to $60.2 million in early June 2008 at 
the domestic box office on its way to cuming $215.4 million.

Coming in third at the domestic box office was Disney's Pirates of the 
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which grossed $39.3 for the three-day 
weekend and is projected to earn $50 million through Monday. That will 
bring the film's domestic cume to $163.7 million.

Overseas, Pirates continued to thrive, grossing an estimated $122.9 
million for the three-day weekend. By Monday, the tentpole's global cume 
will be $646.5 million, by far the best showing of the year.

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

The Domestic Top 10 of 2011 (as of May 29, 2011)

[***] 1 (1) Fast Five (PG-13)                               $196.0 million
[***] 2 (2) Thor (PG-13)                                    $159.7 million
[***] 3 (9) Pirates of the Caribbean: On ... Tides (PG-13)  $152.9 million
[***] 4 (3) Rio (G)                                         $134.8 million
[***] 5 (4) Rango (PG)                                      $121.7 million
[***] 6 (+) The Hangover Part II (R)                        $118.1 million
[***] 7 (5) Hop (PG)                                        $107.5 million
[***] 8 (6) Just Go with It (PG-13)                         $103.0 million
[***] 9 (7) Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                            $99.5 million
[***] 10(8) The Green Hornet (PG-13)                         $98.8 million

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

The Worldwide Top 10 of 2011 (as of May 29, 2011)

[***] 1  Pirates of the ... Tides (PG-13)    152.9 + 470.8 = 623.7 million
[***] 2  Fast Five (PG-13)                   196.0 + 334.4 = 530.4 million
[***] 3  Rio (G)                             134.8 + 313.7 = 448.5 million
[***] 4  Thor (PG-13)                        159.7 + 249.5 = 409.2 million
[***] 5  Rango (PG)                          121.7 + 119.3 = 241.0 million
[***] 6  The Green Hornet (PG-13)             98.8 + 129.0 = 227.8 million
[***] 7  Just Go with It (PG-13)             103.0 + 111.5 = 214.5 million
[***] 8  Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)          83.4 + 118.9 = 202.4 million
[***] 9  Gnomeo and Juliet (G)                99.5 +  90.0 = 189.5 million
[***] 10 Hop (PG)                            107.5 +  64.7 = 172.2 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

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