‘Shrek Forever After’ wins quiet weekend with $25.5 million, while newcomers lag

‘Shrek’ wins quiet weekend with $25.5 million

LOS ANGELES — “Shrek Forever After” is lingering at the top of the box office, taking in $25.5 million to hang on to the No. 1 spot for a third-straight weekend.

The animated hit easily fended off a rush of fresh films as audiences continued to show slim interest in new releases. The best of the newcomers, the rock ‘n’ roll comedy “Get Him to the Greek,” debuted at No. 2 with $17.6 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “Shrek Forever After,” Paramount, $25,486,465, 4,386 locations, $5,811 average, $183,229,453, three weeks.

2. “Get Him to the Greek,” Universal, $17,570,955, 2,697 locations, $6,515 average, $17,570,955, one week.

3. “Killers,” Lionsgate, $15,837,266, 2,859 locations, $5,539 average, $15,837,266, one week.

4. “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” Disney, $14,019,131, 3,646 locations, $3,845 average, $59,621,721, two weeks.

5. “Sex and the City 2,” Warner Bros., $12,344,303, 3,445 locations, $3,583 average, $73,128,387, two weeks.

6. “Marmaduke,” Fox, $11,599,661, 3,213 locations, $3,610 average, $11,599,661, one week.

7. “Iron Man 2,” Paramount, $7,918,708, 3,007 locations, $2,633 average, $291,429,870, five weeks.

8. “Splice,” Warner Bros., $7,385,277, 2,450 locations, $3,014 average, $7,385,277, one week.

9. “Robin Hood,” Universal, $5,366,940, 2,599 locations, $2,065 average, $94,496,010, four weeks.

10. “Letters to Juliet,” Summit, $3,036,367, 1,962 locations, $1,548 average, $43,337,836, four weeks.

11. “Raajneeti,” UTV Motion Pictures, $850,244, 124 locations, $6,857 average, $850,244, one week.

12. “Date Night,” Fox, $775,810, 658 locations, $1,179 average, $95,334,452, nine weeks.

13. “Just Wright,” Fox Searchlight, $767,818, 518 locations, $1,482 average, $20,193,778, four weeks.

14. “How to Train Your Dragon,” Paramount, $488,283, 343 locations, $1,424 average, $213,883,143, 11 weeks.

15. “The Secret in Their Eyes,” Sony Pictures Classics, $397,705, 160 locations, $2,486 average, $3,992,319, eight weeks.

16. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Music Box Films, $313,774, 152 locations, $2,064 average, $7,382,561, 12 weeks.

17. “City Island,” Anchor Bay, $308,840, 177 locations, $1,745 average, $5,272,444, 12 weeks.

18. “Alice in Wonderland,” Disney, $300,515, 277 locations, $1,085 average, $333,627,878, 14 weeks.

19. “Please Give,” Sony Pictures Classics, $264,567, 87 locations, $3,041 average, $1,707,150, six weeks.

20. “Babies,” Focus, $252,958, 181 locations, $1,398 average, $6,529,179, five weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney’s parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.