Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” dominated the box office in its first week, bringing in an estimated $90.1 million. “Thor,” which held the spot for the previous two weeks, dropped to third thanks to a stronger than expected performance by “Bridesmaids,” which held on to the number 2 spot for the second week.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, May 22, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Ti | Disney | 90,100,000 | 90,100,000 | 4,155 | 21,684 |
| 2 | Bridesmaids | Universal | 21,058,290 | 59,517,530 | 2,937 | 7,170 |
| 3 | Thor | Paramount | 15,500,000 | 145,406,155 | 3,924 | 3,950 |
| 4 | Fast Five | Universal | 10,630,570 | 186,219,155 | 3,622 | 2,935 |
| 5 | Rio | 20th Century Fox | 4,650,000 | 131,646,651 | 2,593 | 1,793 |
| 6 | Priest | Sony | 4,600,000 | 23,683,128 | 2,864 | 1,606 |
| 7 | Jumping The Broom | Sony | 3,700,000 | 31,317,552 | 1,472 | 2,513 |
| 8 | Something Borrowed | Warner Bros. | 3,425,000 | 31,428,065 | 2,606 | 1,314 |
| 9 | Water For Elephants | 20th Century Fox | 2,150,000 | 52,427,574 | 1,894 | 1,135 |
| 10 | Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family | Lionsgate | 990,000 | 51,756,990 | 912 | 1,085 |
| 11 | Soul Surfer | Sony | 950,000 | 40,630,670 | 984 | 965 |
| 12 | Midnight in Paris | Sony Pictures Classics | 578,805 | 578,805 | 6 | 96,467 |
