Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel’s ‘Thor’ blew away the box office, doubling the receipts of its nearest competitor, ‘Fast Five.’ ‘Thor’ launched a new franchise, bringing in $66 million. ‘Fast Five’ held onto second place in its sophomore weekend, with a weekend take of $32.5 million.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, May 8, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor | Paramount | 66,000,000 | 66,000,000 | 3,955 | 16,687 |
| 2 | Fast Five | Universal | 32,518,560 | 139,852,525 | 3,662 | 8,880 |
| 3 | Jumping The Broom | Sony | 13,700,000 | 13,700,000 | 2,035 | 6,732 |
| 4 | Something Borrowed | Warner Bros. | 13,155,000 | 13,155,000 | 2,904 | 4,529 |
| 5 | Rio | 20th Century Fox | 8,200,000 | 114,902,068 | 3,258 | 2,516 |
| 6 | Water For Elephants | 20th Century Fox | 5,600,000 | 41,613,617 | 2,614 | 2,142 |
| 7 | Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family | Lionsgate | 3,900,000 | 46,806,332 | 1,881 | 2,073 |
| 8 | Prom | Disney | 2,425,000 | 7,800,445 | 2,730 | 888 |
| 9 | Soul Surfer | Sony | 2,100,000 | 36,679,121 | 1,781 | 1,179 |
| 10 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil | The Weinstein Company | 1,880,000 | 6,713,614 | 2,505 | 750 |
| 11 | Insidious | FilmDistrict | 1,323,699 | 50,303,954 | 1,001 | 1,322 |
| 12 | Source Code | Summit Entertainment | 1,238,000 | 50,938,148 | 930 | 1,331 |
