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Monster Weekend for “Shrek the Third”, Sets Three-Day Record
It may be getting easier being green as “Shrek the Third” brought $122 million in its debut weekend to break the three-day record for an animated flick, a record that “Shrek 2” set in 2004.
The Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Justin Timberlake voiced “Shrek the Third” surpassed the $108 million of its predecessor and easily took the top spot from “Spider-Man 3” which dropped to $28.5 million in its third weekend at U.S. theaters.
Not only did “Shrek the Third” set a new record for openings in the animated genre, it became the third highest opening of all-time, trailing only “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” ($135.6 million) and “Spider-Man 3” ($151.1 million).
Despite the drop to number two, “Spider-Man 3” continues to bring in the dollars as it bumped its worldwide haul to over $747 million since its opening.
1. "Shrek the Third," $122 million.
2. "Spider-Man 3," $28.5 million.
3. "28 Weeks Later," $5.15 million.
4. "Disturbia," $3.7 million.
5. "Georgia Rule," $3.5 million.
6. "Fracture," $2.4 million.
7. "Delta Farce," $1.8 million.
8. "The Invisible," $1.3 million.
9. "Hot Fuzz," $1.26 million.
10. "Waitress," $1.14 million.
