'Dragon' Kicks 'Ass'

Dreamworks' animated family pic, How To Train Your Dragon rose back to the top of the box office heap in its 4th weekend, bringing in an estimated $20 million in grosses for a $158 million tally thus far.

New entry Kick-Ass came in at number two, with $19.75 million.  While the grosses for Kick-Ass are not as high as distributor Lions Gate Films would have undoubtedly liked, the showing does mean the movie will be profitable, as it has a modest $25-$30 million production budget.

Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell, fell a respectable 30% to $17.3 million in its second weekend, bringing its total haul thus far to just under $50 million.  This was good enough for a third place finish.

Death At A Funeral, meanwhile, came in fourth place with $17 million.  While it didn't top Date Night in total grosses, its per-screen average was higher.  The Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan starring flick has a modest $21 million production budget, so ScreenGems doesn't have a lot to complain about.

Finally, the fifth place slot went to Clash of the Titans, which brought in another $15.8 million in its third weekend.  Titans' total gross thus far stands at just under $133 million, against a $125 million production budget.  It also has another $188 million in overseas grosses, so Warner Bros. has very little to complain about.