Summer blockbusters have already begun to juice the box office this month. Thor, the big, splashy action-adventure based on the comic book character landed at number one this weekend and banked an estimated $66 million.
While last week’s top earner, Fast Five grabbed an additional $32.5 million between Friday and Sunday. That brings the total box office for Fast Five to $139.8 mil, well over the $125 million budget.
Jumping the Broom, the wedding gone awry romantic-comedy debuted in third place this weekend with $13.7 mil raised. The pic cost a modest $6.6 mil to produce so it has already recouped its cost.
Something Borrow landed in the number four position with $13.1 million. The film has quite a ways to go before meeting the $35 mil cost of the flick.
The animated feature Rio dropped from second to fifth place this weekend nabbing an additional $8.2 million. That’s a 44.5-percent drop, but Rio is still sitting pretty with $114.9 mil to date – well over its $90 million budget.
Rounding out the top 10:
6. Water for Elephants $5.6 million
7. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family $3.9 million
8. Prom $2.4 million
9. Soul Surfer $2.1 million
10. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil $1.8 million