Hunger Games is the Movie on Fire

Weekend Recap: 4/13-15/2012

For the fourth weekend in a row, The Hunger Games (review here) has topped the domestic box office, taking in another $21.1 million and bringing its total to $337 million. In second place was The Three Stooges, which grossed an estimated $17 million, followed by The Cabin in the Woods with $14.9 million. To round out the Top 5, Titanic 3D brought in $11.9 million and American Reunion (review here) took in $10.5 million.

It was a close race for 6th, 7th, and 8th place, as Mirror Mirror, Wrath of the Titans (review here), and 21 Jump Street (review here) each grossed over $6 million. The new release, Lockout, bombed with just $6.2 million in 2,308 theaters, followed by The Lorax (review here) continuing its strong run with another $3.1 million.

Meanwhile, The Raid (review here) grossed close to a million in only 881 theaters, bringing its total to $2.5 million and making it the most successful Indonesian film ever in the U.S. Also, Battleship was the number one grossing movie internationally, bringing in $58 million as it boldly came out in other countries over a month before its American release.

Here's a snapshot of the Top Ten weekend films:

#	Title	Studio	Theaters	Weekend	Total	Week
1	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	3,916	$21.1	$337	4
2	The Three Stooges	20th Century Fox	3,477	$17	$17	1
3	The Cabin in the Woods	Lionsgate	2,811	$14.7	$14.7	1
4	Titanic 3D	20th Century Fox	2,697	$11.9	$44.7	2
5	American Reunion	Universal	3,203	$10.5	$39.7	2
6	Wrath of the Titans	Warner Bros.	3,102	$6.9	$71.3	3
7	Mirror Mirror	Relativity Media	3,206	$6.8	$49.3	3
8	21 Jump Street	Columbia	2,735	$6.6	$120	5
9	Lock Out	FilmDistrict	2,308	$6.2	$6.2	1
10	The Lorax	Universal	2,112	$3.1	$205	7