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Shrek Knocks Iron Man Out Of First

Shrek Forever After“Shrek Forever After” launched slower than most expected but still managed to scare up a first place finish at the weekend box office. The family comedy topping domestic rankings with just $71.3 million in estimated weekend boxoffice. T”Iron Man 2″ held on to take second place while action-comedy “MacGruber” failed to ignite audience, becoming the latest in a long line of Lorne Michaels’ Saturday Night Live-based flops.

The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, May 23, 2010 include:

RankTitleDistributorWeekend GrossCumeLocations
1Shrek Forever AfterParamount$71,250,000$71,250,0004359
2Iron Man 2Paramount$26,600,000$251,264,8034177
3Robin HoodUniversal$18,699,175$66,095,6453505
4Letters To JulietSummit Entertainment$9,100,000$27,426,2412975
5Just WrightFox Searchlight$4,225,000$14,631,6401831
6MacGruberUniversal$4,145,375$4,145,3752551
7Date Night20th Century Fox$2,825,000$90,660,3141869
8A Nightmare On Elm StreetWarner Bros.$2,285,000$59,931,1122125
9How To Train Your DragonParamount$1,850,000$210,939,7071751
10KitesReliance Big Entertainment$952,682$952,682208
11The Back-Up PlanCBS Films$900,000$35,876,7771079
12BabiesFocus Features$707,813$5,084,942395

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