Russell Brand’s ‘Hop’ tops US box office with $38.1m debut
April 4th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANIWashington, Apr 4 (ANI): Russell Brand’s family comedy ‘Hop’ has debuted at No. 1 at the weekendbox office with 38.1 million dollars, according to studio estimates.
With Brand providing the voice of the reluctant new Easter bunny, ‘Hop’ bound well beyond the expectations of industry analysts, who had figured the movie would debut in the 25 million dollars range, reports Fox News.
Released by Universal, ‘Hop’ matched the year’s best debut, for ‘Rango’, which opened a month ago with 38.1 million dollars.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s action thriller ‘Source Code’ debuted at No. 2 with 15.1 million dollars, while the haunted-house tale ‘Insidious’ opened at No. 3 with 13.5 million dollars.
Following are the top 10 movies of the weekend:
1. ‘Hop,’ 38.1 million dollars
2. ‘Source Code,’ 15.1 million dollars
3. ‘Insidious,’ 13.5 million dollars
4. ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,’ 10.2 million dollars
5. ‘Limitless,’ 9.4 million dollars
6. ‘The Lincoln Lawyer,’ 7.1 million dollars
7. ‘Sucker Punch,’ 6.1 million dollars
8. ‘Rango,’ 4.6 million dollars
9. ‘Paul,’ 4.3 million dollars
10. ‘Battle: Los Angeles,’ 3.5 million dollars (ANI)
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