MEGAMIND: BAD BOYS FINISH FIRST

Final box-office results for the past weekend were down a bit from Sunday’s estimates. Nevertheless, total ticket sales were up nearly 30 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago. Paramount/DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind topped the list with $46.02 million, well above the $30.05 million that Disney’s A Christmas Carol pulled in as it debuted at this time last year. Two other new films had solid debuts. Todd Phillips’s Due Date opened with $32.70 million, while Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls earned $19.50 million. Summit Entertainment’s RED saw a small 19-percent drop in its fourth week to $8.65 million, while Lionsgate’s Saw 3D plunged 68 percent in its second week to $7.73 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Box Office Mojo (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. Megamind, Paramount/DreamWorks Animation, $46,016,833, (New); 2. Due Date, Warner Bros., $32,689,406, (New); 3. For Colored Girls, Lionsgate, $19,497,324, (New); 4. RED, Summit Entertainment, $8,652,086, 4 Wks. ($71,664,962); 5. Saw 3D, Lionsgate, $7,731,075, 2 Wks. ($38,331,783); 6. Paranormal Activity 2, Paramount, $7,034,742, 3 Wks. ($79,959,864); 7. Jackass 3D, Paramount, $4,951,282, 4 Wks. ($110,668,357); 8. Secretariat, Disney, $4,067,715, 5 Wks. ($51,031,068); 9. Hereafter, Warner Bros., $4,011,397, 4 Wks. ($28,721,066); 10. The Social Network, Sony, $3,424,860, 6 Wks. ($84,871,492).