“Shrek Forever After” hits $71.3M on its opening weekend making it to the top of the box office though its the lower than other movies from the sequel with “Shrek 2,” from 2004, opening with $108 million. “Shrek the Third,” from 2007, made $121.6 million in its first week.
“We’re obviously happy to be the No. 1 movie, which we anticipated,” said Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing for DreamWorks Animation.
“It’s a little lower than we anticipated but it’s still No. 4 among all animated openings of all time, behind the first two `Shrek’ sequels and `The Simpsons (Movie),’” which opened with $74 million in 2007.
In the movie, Shrek as voiced by Mike Myers is experiencing a mid-life crisis, so he makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to live as a fearsome ogre again for one day. Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas return to the voice cast.
Here’s the top movies for the week:
- “Shrek Forever After,” $71.3 million.
- “Iron Man 2,” $26.6 million.
- “Robin Hood,” $18.7 million.
- “Letters to Juliet,” $9.1 million.
- “Just Wright,” $4.2 million.
- “MacGruber,” $4.1 million.
- “Date Night,” $2.8 million.
- “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” $2.3 million.
- “How to Train Your Dragon,” $1.9 million.
- “Kites,” $1 million.
