‘Rio’ Tops Box Office While ‘Madea’ and ‘Water for Elephants’ Have Big Openings
4:15 am, April 24th, 2011
BOX OFFICE
Returning champ Rio holds off strong performances by Tyler Perry and Robert Pattinson to win the Easter Weekend box office.
The animated bird tale earned $26.5 million for the top spot, followed by Madea’s Big Happy Family, which was a close second with $26.1 million.
Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon‘s Water For Elephants came in third with $17.6 million.
Easter bunny film Hop took fourth place with $12 million, while Scream 4 came in a distant fifth with $7.1 million.
Rounding out the Top Ten were African Cats ($6.1 million), Soul Surfer ($5.5 million), Insidious ($5.2 million), Hanna ($5 million), and Source Code ($4.8 million).
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