After shattering 2008 box office records [1] last week, Horton Hears a Who [2] once again took the top spot over this Easter holiday weekend. Variety reports that Good Friday was the strongest day [3] 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 [4] also performed well, coming in second place with a respectable $20 million.

Plagued by poor reviews [5] and a lack of promotion for the film, the Judd Apatow-produced Drillbit Taylor [6] earned a disappointing $10.2 million, putting the movie at No. 4 behind the thriller Shutter [7]. Compared to how Apatow's comedies like Knocked Up performed last year [8], 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. [9] 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 [10] and the war drama Stop-Loss [11].

Photos courtesy of 20th Century Fox [12]