‘Thor’ Starring Chris Hemsworth Tops US Box-Office
The latest film adaptation of a Marvel graphic novel topped the US box-office last weekend with a $66 million take.
“Thor” starring Australian actor Chris Hemsworth and Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman had the third highest debut of a Marvel flick, placing behind Spider-Man and Iron Man.
Last week’s leader, Fast Five which is the fifth installment to the “Fast and the Furious” franchise settled for 2nd place this week. The action flick had a two-week gross of $139.8 million at the box-office in Northern America alone.
TOP 10 MOVIES AT THE US BOX-OFFICE
(May 6 to 8, 2011 – Weekend Estimates)
TW | LW | Movie | Weekend Gross | Gross-to-Date | Week |
1 | N | Thor | $66M | $66M | 1 |
2 | 1 | Fast Five | $32.5M | $139.8M | 2 |
3 | N | Jumping the Broom | $13.7M | $13.7M | 1 |
4 | N | Something Borrowed | $13.2M | $13.2M | 1 |
5 | 2 | Rio | $8.2M | $114.9M | 2 |
6 | 4 | Water for Elephants | $5.6M | $41.6M | 2 |
7 | 3 | Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family | $3.9M | $46.8M | 3 |
8 | 5 | Prom | $2.4M | $7.8M | 2 |
9 | 7 | Soul Surfer | $2.1M | $36.7M | 5 |
10 | 6 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | $1.9 | $6.7M | 2 |
Note: Debuting movies are highlighted in yellow
Figures courtesy of Box-Office Mojo
@ chano: as if naman may pampanood ka sa sine… =)
ang chaka! parang kapamilyucks lang!
maganda nga..:D kita ko sa trailer.. SPLASH ISLAND muna then nuod ito..:D HAHA, O kaya hntayin ko na lng sa pirated.:D tutal di naman Filipino movie kaya ok lang.. haha
@ #2 palabas na po hunghang
san mu nawatch? pirated dvd?! =)
Epicly AWESOME! Great movie! 😀