#1 Shrek Forever After from Paramount/Dreamworks holds at #1 with a weekend gross of $25.4 million (-41.2%) in 4386 theaters (+19). Total gross to date is $183.2 million. Budget was $165 million.
#2 Get Him to the Greek from Universal debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $17.5 million in 2697 theaters. Budget was $40 million.
#3 Killers from Lionsgate debuts at #3 with an opening weekend gross of $15.8 million in 2859 theaters. Budget was $75 million.
#4 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from Buena Vista drops from #3 to #4 with a weekend gross of $14.0 million (-53.4%) in 3646 theaters (no change). Total gross to date is $59.6 million. Budget was $200 million.
#5 Sex and the City 2 from Warner Brothers drops from #2 to #5 with a weekend gross of $12.3 million (-60.2%) in 3445 theaters (no change). Total gross to date is $73.1 million. Budget was $100 million.
#6 Marmaduke from Fox debuts at #6 with an opening weekend gross of $11.5 million in 3213 theaters. Budget was $50 million.
Rounding out the top 12 are:
#7 Iron Man 2 drops from #4 to #7 with a weekend gross of $7.9 million (-51.9%) in 3007 theaters (-797). Total gross to date is $291.4 million. Budget was $200 million.
#8 Splice debuts at #8 with an opening weekend gross of $7.3 million in 2450 theaters. Budget was $30 million.
#9 Robin Hood drops from #5 to #9 with a weekend gross of $5.3 million (-48.4%) in 2599 theaters (-774). Total gross to date is $94.4 million. Budget was $200 million.
#10 Letters to Juliet drops from #6 to #10 with a weekend gross of $3.0 million (-48.0%) in 1962 theaters (-863). Total gross to date is $43.3 million. Budget was $30 million.
#11 Raajneeti debuts at #11 with an opening weekend gross of $0.8 million in 124 theaters. Budget is unknown.
#12 Date Night drops from #8 to #12 with a weekend gross of $0.7 million (-57.3%) in 658 theaters (-468). Total gross to date is $95.3 million. Budget was $55 million.
The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $122.1 million (-15.9%).
A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.
Sources:
Box Office Mojo