User blog:Ceauntay/'Scooby-Doo' leads box office after strong Friday

Hollywoodnews.com: Warner Bros. animated horror “Scooby-Doo! The Movie” appears ready to drop into the record books this weekend with a healthy box office grab after a strong Friday start.

After earning a $7.1 million from Thursday night, the animation hybrid, earned an estimated $34 million on Friday night to lead all newcomers. The family film should do even better on Saturday and Sunday, when kids are out of school and families are crowding the multiplexes. THR notes that “Scooby-Doo” could do north of $90M this weekend, making it a hit for Warner Bros.

But “Doo” won’t be the only film jumping for joy. Three other new releases opened well - “Hop”, “Source Code” and “Insidious”, pulling in an estimated $11M, $5M and $4M, respectively, giving each a hope of reaching $15M by Sunday night. “Hop” will lead to $35M.

And THR reports that Matthew McConaughey’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” “showed the lowest drop of any film on the Top 10 chart, declining only 30% from the previous Friday,” so it could have a decent weekend once again.