Weekend Box Office April 29th - May 1st

We are 1 week away from kicking off the Fantasy Movie League and WOO BOY I am sure people wish it started this week with this record breaking box office. Lets get into it.

1. Fast Five: $83.6 Million *OPENING WEEKEND*
2. Rio: $14.4 Million, with $103.6 Million Overall
3. Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family: $10 Million, with $41.1 Million Overall
4. Water for Elephants: $9.1 Million, with $32.3 Million Overall
5. Prom: $5 Million *OPENING WEEKEND*
6. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil: $4.1 Million *OPENING WEEKEND*
7. Soul Surfer: $3.3 Million, with $33.8 Million Overall
8. Insidious: $2.7 Million, with $48.3 Million Overall
9. Hop: $2.6 Million, with $105.3 Million Overall
10. Source Code: $2.5 Million, with $48.9 Million Overall

If you're a movie that opened this weekend and you were not named Fast Five... damn I'm sorry. Fast Five CRUSHED the box office this week averaging over 22,000 per it's 3644 theaters. With Prom doing $5 Million, Hoodwinked Too doing $4 Million, and where is Dylan Dog? sitting at 17th with $900K this weekend there is no hope in sight. Expect Fast Five to have another strong weekend this week as it goes toe to toe with the big buzz of Thor. According to Rotten Tomatoes Thor has the stronger critical percentage of 98% vs 79% for Fast Five though that is never really the deciding factor. The only other new opener next week is The Beaver, a drama starring a suicidal Mel Gibson who finds a new will to live in a Beaver puppet... best of luck.