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by Belinda Robson in movies

Hollywood had a heckuva weekend as "Shrek The Third" battled Spiderman's third installment for box office crown. "Shrek The Third" has such a big weekend, it was almost the number on movie opening of all time.

Which isn't to say we're talking "Grindhouse" money here, folks. With $122 million, the adventurous ogre can now lay claim to the third-highest weekend gross in history, behind only "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and this month's "Spider-Man 3." "Shrek the Third" made about 12 percent more than "Shrek 2," and nearly three times as much as the original. And the second film is a good model to follow. Opening at $108 million, it had, at the time, the second most successful weekend ever, behind only the original "Spider-Man." But "Shrek 2" fell very little, recording the biggest second weekend haul in history. It wound up with $441.2 million domestically, the third largest all-time gross.

Spider-man, on the other hand isn't faring so well, losing 50% of gross receipts, making it the lowest grossing Spider-Man movie.

Resource: MTV
Published: Monday 21st of May 2007 06:18:21 PM

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