[ 2011-05-03 ]

Vin Diesel's Fast Five is biggest 2011 opener to date
Vin Diesel film Fast Five has taken $86.2m
(£51.9m) in its first three days, the biggest
North American box office opener of the year so
far.

The fifth movie in the street racing franchise
pulled in bigger takings than early estimates,
which had stood at $83.6m (£50.3m).

It easily beat the previous best opening set two
weeks ago by animation Rio, which took $39.2m
(£23.6m).

The film, featuring the voice of Anne Hathaway was
at two this week.

It has now taken $103.6m (£65.2m) in its thee
weeks since release.

The latest comedy offering from Tyler Perry, the
critically-panned Madea's Big Happy Family, fell
one place to three, taking $9.9m (£6m) million in
its second weekend.

Depression-era romance Water for Elephants,
starring Robert Pattinson and Oscar-winner Reese
Witherspoon, also dropped one spot to four.

Other new releases failed to perform at the box
office.

Disney's coming-of-age comedy drama Prom, starring
a largely unknown group of actors as teenagers
preparing for their high school prom, debuted at
five.

Animated sequel Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
featuring the voices of Haydn Panettiere and Glenn
Close opened at six with $4.1m.

Overall revenues stood at $155m (£93.5m), up 52%
from the same weekend last year, when A Nightmare
on Elm Street topped the chart, according to box
office analyst Hollywood.com.

Source - BBC

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