Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the four-day U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend beginning on May 28, led by "Shrek Forever After," according to studio estimates compiled on Monday by Reuters.
1 (1) Shrek Forever After ........ $ 55.7 million
2 (*) Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time .......... $ 37.8 million
3 (*) Sex and the City 2 ......... $ 37.1 million
4 (2) Iron Man 2 ................. $ 20.6 million
5 (3) Robin Hood ................. $ 13.6 million
6 (4) Letters to Juliet .......... $ 7.3 million
7 (5) Just Wright ................ $ 2.7 million
8 (7) Date Night ................. $ 2.3 million
9 (6) MacGruber .................. $ 1.9 million
10 (9) How To Train Your Dragon ... $ 1.5 million
NOTE: "Sex and the City 2" was released on Thursday, and "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" on Friday. Last weekend's rankings in parentheses; (*) denotes new release.
Iron Man 2 ............................ $279.2 million
How To Train Your Dragon .............. $213.1 million
Shrek Forever After ................... $145.5 million
Date Night ............................ $ 93.9 million
Robin Hood ............................ $ 86.3 million
Sex and the City 2 .................... $ 51.4 million
Letters to Juliet ..................... $ 38.0 million
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time .. $ 37.8 million
Just Wright ........................... $ 18.7 million
MacGruber ............................. $ 7.6 million
"Shrek Forever After" and "How To Train Your Dragon" were produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, and released by Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures.
Paramount also distributed "Iron Man 2," which was produced by Marvel Studios, a unit of Walt Disney Co. Disney's Walt Disney Pictures released "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."
"Sex and the City 2" was released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
"Robin Hood" was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co. Universal also released "MacGruber," which was financed by closely held Relativity
Media.
"Letters to Juliet" was released by Summit Entertainment, which is closely held.
"Just Wright" and "Date Night" were released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.
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