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    Sunday
    Apr012012

    Weekend Box Office: March 30 - April 1

    Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

    1.  The Hunger Games - $61.1 million

    2.  Wrath of the Titans - $34.2 million

    3.  Mirror Mirror - $19 million

    4.  21 Jump Street - $15 million

    5.  The Lorax - $8 million

    6.  John Carter - $2 million

    7.  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - $1.2 million

    8.  Act of Valor - $1 million

    9.  A Thousand Words - $915,000

    10.  Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $835,000

    As expected, The Hunger Games easily took the top spot in its second weekend with an estimated $61.1 million.  That's a drop of of almost 60% from last week...but keep in mind that it made over $150 million last weekend, so a big drop was expected, and at this point, nothing to really care about.  The film has earned a domestic total of $251 million in its first ten days.  Overseas, it has earned an addtional $113 million. 

    The Hunger Games easily beat out both of this weekend's two new releases, with Wrath of the Titans underwhelming with $34.2 million, nowhere near the $61.2 million that the Clash of the Titans earned in its own opening weekend in 2010.  No surprise, since it didn't appear too many people were begging for a Titans sequel to begin with.  The first of this year's Snow White adaptations, Mirror Mirror, fared even less well, as the $85 million film earned just $19 million.  Not sure if that film will have any effect on the upcoming Snow White as the Huntsman, since the marketing for Mirror Mirror was simply dreadful to begin with.

    The holdovers continued to do well:  21 Jump Street made its way closer to the $100 million mark with another $15 million this weekend, and The Lorax did just fine while having to compete with Mirror Mirror for family audiences, as that earned another $8 million. 

    In limited release, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen did very well, earning $1.2 million in just 483 theaters.  Bully, the documentary marred the last few weeks in MPAA ratings nonsense, opened in just five theaters and earned $115,000.

    I'll refrain from a "my heart will go on" joke as I point out that Titanic will be returning to theaters in glorious 3D form next weekend.  If that wasn't enough of a late 90s flashback, the sequel American Reunion also opens in theaters next week.

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