User blog:Ceauntay/Rio Barely Out-squawks Tyler Perry at Easter Weekend Box Office

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 4/24/11 – Dat boid can’t be beat as Rio earned $27 million in its second weekend, barely beating Madea’s Big Happy Family, the latest in Tyler Perry’s super franchise which scored $26M. Rio’s raft of Brazilian parrots flew high with families a 3,842 location, bringing its birdseed to over $200 million worldwide for 20th Century Fox from the 3D ani film. Famed Brazilian musician and now famed producer Sergio Mendez said he did “everything to bring the feel of the city Rio and its music to the screen.” Madea and Perry which opened Why Did I Get Married Too last year at Easter last year had 2,288, with some theaters in the South screening the pic on 8-ten screens, a lot of eggs from the bunny. The critically-acclaimed film Water for Elephants spouted $18M with 70 percent came from women over 25 on the flick based on the best-selling book. Not surpsingly, Hop took a 17 percent bounce and passed $100 million with $18M on Easter weekend for the bunny-based film. African Cats ate up $6M in zebras at 1,220 plains. The Earth Day movie fared with a roar for environmental films. And Scooby-Doo! The Movie fell a horrifying 59 percent has brought $9 million, giving its total to $264 million, which making it $1 million less than its expectations while playing in 3,759 locations.