Weekend Box Office – RIO Takes Top Perch with $26.8 Million; MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY a Close Second with $25.8 Million
by Nicole Pedersen Posted: April 24th, 2011 at 9:50 am
On Easter weekend the animated hit Rio managed to hold on to its number one perch for a second weekend in a row with an estimated $26.8 million. The padding between Fox’s birds and the Tyler Perry’s bawd was pretty slim, however. In second place Madea’s Big Happy Family was right behind Rio with an estimated $25.8 million.
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Rio | $26,800,000 | $81.3 |
| 2 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | $25,800,000 | $25.8 |
| 3 | Water for Elephants | $17,500,000 | $17.5 |
| 4 | Hop | $12,500,000 | $100.5 |
| 5 | Scream 4 | $7,100,000 | $31.1 |
| 6 | African Cats | $6,400,000 | $6.4 |
| 7 | Soul Surfer | $5,600,000 | $28.6 |
| 8 | Insidious | $5,380,000 | $44.1 |
| 9 | Hanna | $5,275,000 | $31.7 |
| 10 | Soul Surfer | $5,060,000 | $44.6 |
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