After shattering 2008 box office records last week, Horton Hears a Who once again took the top spot over this Easter holiday weekend. Variety reports that Good Friday was the strongest day for Dr. Seuss' Horton which took in $25.1 million over the weekend in addition to the movie's opening weekend earnings of $45 million.
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns also performed well, coming in second place with a respectable $20 million.
Plagued by poor reviews and a lack of promotion for the film, the Judd Apatow-produced Drillbit Taylor earned a disappointing $10.2 million, putting the movie at No. 4 behind the thriller Shutter. Compared to how Apatow's comedies like Knocked Up performed last year, this kind of opening indicates that Apatow's attachment to a project doesn't guarantee box office gold. The top five was rounded out by 10,000 B.C. which dropped several spots from the No. 2 spot it held last week.
This weekend will bring several openings that will likely shake up the box office including Kevin Spacey's 21 and the war drama Stop-Loss.
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Who-ray for Horton!
1i saw horton hears a who this weekend and l-o-v-e-d it! i was laughing from start to finish.
2i think that it's great when animated movies take the top spot and hold it for a while. i've wanted to go and see horton just haven't made it to the movies at all. oh well.
3tyker perry is the man!!!!!!!!1 there isn't major promotion through major channels and all that and yet he still has hits!! you guys have to watch Why did i get married??? It had me angry and lauhing at the same time.
4Haha my friends are planning a big movie day this weekend: 10,000 BC, The Other Boleyn Girl, Horton Hears a Who, and 21!! Soooo excited =) And I like Tyler Perry's original: Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Soooo funny, love Madea!
5My daughter loved it,it was a cute movie.
6I saw Horton on a layover in Miami this weekend, and I hate to say it, but I was really bored for about the first 40 minutes of the movie. It got better after that, but overall, myeh.
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