Shrek 4 Threepeats at Weak Weekend Box Office

Shrek Forever After, the fourth film in the Shrek series, took the box office crown for a third weekend, bringing in another $25.3 million to bring its domestic box office total to $183 million so far.

The number two spot belonged to Universal's Get Him to the Greek, a spin off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  The Jonah Hill/Russell Brand starring film took in $17.4 million in its first weekend.

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Shrek Slows, MacGruber Crashes

It was an unusual weekend at the box office, with Shrek Forever After, the fourth movie in the series, opening significantly lower than the prior two movies in the series.  Shrek 4 had a $70 million opening weekend, compared to a $121 million opening for the third movie in the series, and $108 million for the second movie.  The original Shrek opened to $42 million in 2001.  Shrek 4's weak opening was still good enough for first place, but it'll need some serious legs to even come close to the ultimate grosses of prior movies in the series.

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'Iron Man 2' Soars in Opening Weekend

Paramount Pictures' Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey, Jr., rocketed to a massive opening weekend, bringing in $128 million to take first place.

Last weekend's #1 picture, Warner Bros. remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, plummeted 72% in its second weekend, bringing in $9 million for a $48.5 million take so far.

DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon continued to hold over well, dropping 37% to $6.7 million in its 7th weekend.  This weekend's third place finish means the picture has passed last year's Monsters vs. Aliens for a total of $201 million to date.

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One, Two, Freddy Came For You

Warner Bros. reboot of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, took the #1 spot at the box office over the weekend, with $32.2 million.   This is a very respectable opening in the series, although not as strong as Freddy vs. Jason's $36M opening weekend in 2003.

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'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.

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