Holiday weekends aren’t usually too hot for the genre, and Memorial Day was no exception. As expected, THE HANGOVER II and KUNG FU PANDA 2 dominated at the box office, and no new horror movies were released. Sadly, we had a genre-free Top 10.
The highest ranking horror flick was Scott Charles Stewart’s PRIEST, which which came in at #11 with $1.7 million in its third week. Duncan Jones’ SOURCE CODE remained at #18 with $324,000, which is pretty good for its ninth week. James Wan’s INSIDIOUS and Wes Craven’s SCREAM 4 both fell out of the Top 20.
Not much to report on otherwise. Next weekend, the only wide release hitting theaters is Matthew Vaughn’s X-MEN: FIRST LAST, which I suppose is as close to a genre flick as we’ll get. The following week, however, we’ll finally see the release of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. The Hangover Part II |
$ 86.5 Million | NEW |
| 2. Kung Fu Panda 2 |
$ 48.0 Million | NEW |
| 3. Pirates of the Caribbean 4 |
$ 39.3 Million | $ 153 Million |
| 4. Bridesmaids | $ 16.4 Million | $ 85.0 Million |
| 5. Thor | $ 9.4 Million | $ 160 Million |
| 6. Fast Five | $ 6.6 Million | $ 196 Million |
| 7. Midnight in Paris |
$ 1.9 Million | $ 2.8 Million |
| 8. Jumping the Broom |
$ 1.9 Million | $ 34.2 Million |
| 9. Something Borrowed | $ 1.8 Million | $ 34.8 Million |
| 10. Rio | $ 1.8 Million | $ 153 Million |
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