Weekend Box Office: ‘Puss In Boots’ Is Purr-fect
The swashbuckling feline from the ‘Shrek’ franchise, ‘Puss In Boots,’ still has plenty of lives to spare after its weekend haul of $34 million, putting it at the top of the charts in its first week of release.
Fright-flick ‘Paranormal Activity 3′ fell to second place, bringing in $18.5 million, followed by Justin Timberlake’s thriller ‘In Time,’ which sold $12 million in tickets. The reboot of ‘Footloose’ and Johnny Depp’s ‘The Rum Diary’ rounded out the top five, with $5.4 million and $5 million in revenues, respectively.
Here’s a list of the top 10 movies at the box office Friday through Sunday with estimated grosses, along with how much each movie has made since its release:
1. ‘Puss In Boots’ – $34 million, new release
2. ‘Paranormal Activity 3′ – $18.5 million, $81.3 million total
3. ‘In Time’ – $12 million, new release
4. ‘Footloose’ – $5.4 million, $38.4 million total
5. ‘The Rum Diary’ – $5 million, new release
6. ‘Real Steel’ – $4.7 million, $73.8 million total
7. ‘The Three Musketeers’ – $3.5 million, $14.8 million total
8. ‘The Ides of March’ – $2.7 million, $33.4 million total
9. ‘Moneyball’ – $2.4 million, $67.4 million total
10. ‘Courageous’ – $1.8 million, $27.6 million total