Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek (barely) topped the North American box office on Monday chiefly thanks to the fact that Shrek Forever After shredded more than 70% of its Sunday business, according to figures found at Box Office Mojo.
Starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek opened in the second spot this weekend with a passable $17.57m. On Monday, it grossed $2.49m.
Featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and Julie Andrews, Shrek Forever After earned $2.42m.
At no. 3, Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl’s Killers took in $1.58m, followed by Mike Newell’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, and Ben Kingsley, with $1.53m.
The no. 5 movie was Michael Patrick King’s Sex and the City 2, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, with $1.42m.
At no. 6, Marmaduke, about a talking dog with Owen Wilson’s voice, grossed only $991k.
Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man 2 was no. 7 with $802k. Next in line was the sci-fier/thriller Splice, featuring Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody, which drew $788k.
Rounding out the top twelve were Cate Blanchett’s Robin Hood with $571k, Vanessa Redgrave’s Letters to Juliet with $363k, Queen Latifah’s Just Wright with $77k, and Steve Carell’s Date Night with $75k.
The Box Office Mojo chart had no information on Raajneeti’s earnings. The Bollywood production was no. 11 at the North American box office this weekend, having grossed $850k at 124 sites.
Among the top twelve movies on the chart, Get Him to the Greek had the highest per-theater average, a not too impressive $925. Date Night had the lowest average, $115.
Also among the top twelve, Get Him to the Greek had the lowest drop-off rate, -48.8%. Marmaduke had the highest, -71.2%, followed by Shrek Forever After with -70.4%.
Photo: Get Him to the Greek (Universal Pictures)