"Shrek Forever After" Beats "Iron Man 2" And Tops The Box Office

"Shrek Forever After" made its way to the top spot with $70.8M in its opening weekend. The animated fantasy movie played in only 4,359 theaters on its opening day in the United States, grossing an estimated $20,750,000.

Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing for DreamWorks Animation, said they were happy with the movie's opening since it debuted at No.1 and also had the fourth best opening for an animated movie behind "Shrek the Third", "Shrek 2", and "The Simpsons Movie".

"Shrek Forever After" the fourth and final installment in the Shrek movie series, was released on May 21, 2010 in the United States in 3-D and IMAX 3-D theaters.

The superhero movie "Iron Man 2" dropped to No. 2 after two weeks on top. The movie pulled in $26.4M this week with a 49 percent decrease from last week's numbers.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 21 May 2010

1. Shrek Forever After (2010) - Grossed $71.2M this weekend, with total gross $71.2M.
2. Iron Man 2 (2010) - Grossed $26.6M this weekend, with total gross $251M.
3. Robin Hood (2010) - Grossed $18.7M this weekend, with total gross $66.1M
4. Letters to Juliet (2010) - Grossed $9.1M this weekend, with total gross $27.4M
5. Just Wright (2010) - Grossed $4.22M this weekend, with total gross $14.6M
6. MacGruber (2010) - Grossed $4.1M this weekend, with total gross $4.1M
7. Date Night (2010) - Grossed $2.83M this weekend, with total gross $90.7M
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Grossed $2.29M this weekend, with total gross $59.9M
9. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Grossed $1.85M this weekend, with total gross $211M
10. Kites (2010) - Grossed $953K this weekend, with total gross $953K

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 14 May 2010

1. Iron Man 2 (2010) - grossed $53M this weekend, with total gross $212M.
2. Robin Hood (2010) - grossed $37.1M this weekend, with total gross $37.1M.
3. Letters to Juliet (2010) - grossed $13.8M this weekend, with total gross $13.8M.
4. Just Wright (2010) - grossed $8.5M this weekend, with total gross $8.5M.
5. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - grossed $5.12M this weekend, with total gross $208M.
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - grossed $4.7M this weekend, with total gross $56.1M.
7. Date Night (2010) - grossed $4M this weekend, with total gross $86.7M.
8. The Back-up Plan (2010) - grossed $2.46M this weekend, with total gross $34.2M.
9. Furry Vengeance (2010) - grossed $2.3M this weekend, with total gross $15.1M.
10. Clash of the Titans (2010) - grossed $1.25M this weekend, with total gross $160M.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 7 May 2010

1. Iron Man 2 (2010) - Total Gross $128M
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Total Gross $48.5M
3. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Total Gross $201M
4. Date Night (2010) - Total Gross $81M
5. The Back-up Plan (2010) - Total Gross $30.1M
6. Furry Vengeance (2010) - Total Gross $12.1M
7. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Total Gross $158M
8. Death at a Funeral (2010) - Total Gross $38.5M
9. Bébé(s) (2010) - Total Gross $2.16M
10. The Losers (2010/I) - Total Gross $21.5M

Iron Man 2 is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man, the second movie in a planned trilogy. It is a superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Iron Man 2 was directed by Jon Favreau.

The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. who has played the main character as Tony Stark. Iron Man 2 was produced by Marvel Studios and released throughout the United States on May 7, 2010. It grossed $51,2M in its opening day.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 30 April 2010

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Gross $32.9M
2. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Gross $192M
3. Date Night (2010) - Gross $73.6M
4. The Back-up Plan (2010) - Gross $23M
5. Furry Vengeance (2010) - Gross $6.63M
6. The Losers (2010/I) - Gross $18M
7. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Gross $154M
8. Kick-Ass (2010) - Gross $42.2M
9. Death at a Funeral (2010) - Gross $34.9M
10. Océans (2009) - Gross $13.5M

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 slasher movie, written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer and directed by Samuel Bayer. It is a remake of Wes Craven's horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street and a reboot of the Freddy Krueger franchise.

Freddy Krueger stalks the dreams of a group of suburban high-schoolers and gains access to them through their dreams. They discover that they all share a common link from their childhood; they were all physically and sexually abused by Freddy who was a child killer called "The Springwood Slasher" which made the outraged parents took justice into their own hands by setting him on fire. His soul starts to take revenge and causes malicious, horrific havoc on the teenagers who live on Elm Street.

A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in the United States on April 30, 2010. It made $1.6 million from midnight showings on Thursday night from 1,000 theaters, a new record Nightmare on Elm Street has set for midnight openings for a horror movie, which was previously held by the Friday the 13th remake in 2009 that grossed $1 million.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 23 April 2010

1. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Total $178M
2. The Back-up Plan (2010) - Total $12.2M
3. Date Night (2010) - Total $63.3M
4. The Losers (2010/I) - Total $9.41M
5. Kick-Ass (2010) - Total $34.7M
6. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Total $146M
7. Death at a Funeral (2010) - Total $28.5M
8. Océans (2009) - Total $8.53M
9. The Last Song (2010) - Total $55.5M
10. Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Total $328M

Although "How to Train Your Dragon" dropped 22% from the previous week, the animated dragon movie has regained the top spot once again with $15 million.

"The Back-up Plan" the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy came in second place in it's debut week with $3,720 million. "The Back-Up Plan" stars Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin and was released in theaters on April 23, 2010.

US Box Office - The Weekend Starting 16 April 2010

1. Kick-Ass (2010) - Gross $19.8M
2. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Gross $158M
3. Date Night (2010) - Gross $48.7M
4. Death at a Funeral (2010) - Gross $16.2M
5. Clash of the Titans (2010) - Gross $133M
6. The Last Song (2010) - Gross $50.2M
7. Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) - Gross $54.8M
8. Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Gross $324M
9. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - Gross $42.4M
10. The Bounty Hunter (2010) - Gross $60.3M

Kick-Ass is a superhero movie based on a Marvel comic book, and was released on April 16, 2010 in the United States.

It's the story of a teenager Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) who decides he's going to take up being a real life superhero. His actions are publicized on the internet and inspire others. Kick-Ass attracts the attention of the fearless and highly-trained crime-fighting duo of Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter, Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who are on a mission to take down the criminal empire of local Mafioso, Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong).

The movie was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman. The comic was written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita, Jr.