LOS ANGELES, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of April 30 through May 2, 2010 according to the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, May 2, 2010 include:
Weekend Rank Title Distributor Gross Cume Locations A Nightmare On Elm 1 Street, Warner Bros. $32,205,000 $32,205,000 3332 How To Train Your 2 Dragon Paramount $10,825,000 $192,384,461 3426 (NYSE: VIA; VIA.B) 20th Century 3 Date Night Fox $7,600,000 $73,627,009 3093 4 The Back-Up Plan CBS Films $7,240,000 $22,947,755 3280 (NYSE: CBS; CBSA) Summit 5 Furry Vengeance Entertainment $6,500,000 $6,500,000 2997 6 The Losers Warner Bros. $6,000,000 $18,125,310 2936 7 Clash Of The Titans Warner Bros. $5,980,000 $154,035,705 2737 8 Kick Ass Lionsgate $4,450,000 $42,162,333 2542 9 Death At A Funeral Sony $4,000,000 $34,777,173 2271 10 Oceans Disney $2,621,000 $13,516,272 1210 11 The Last Song Disney $2,313,000 $58,657,983 2276 12 Alice In Wonderland Disney $1,510,000 $329,718,441 1050 Weekend of 4/30/10 to 5/2/10
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