User blog:Ceauntay/'Scooby' wins Friday box office with $19.1 million

The animated film "Scooby-Doo! The Movie" has taken the lead at the weekend box office with a strong opening on Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It has taken home $35.1 million to take the top of the box office. It has now poised to open as 2011's largest opening to date taking on the champion "Rango" with $38 million starring the voice of Johnny Depp.

"Scooby-Doo! The Movie" follows Scooby and the gang going on a hunt to search for three batteries to the powerful Remote Control that brings monsters from the ostumes to life. This Remote Control was hidden into the lab by scientist Dr. Peter Harvey in case on one can find out. However, people already know where it has hidden and has found it and bring monsters to life. It's up to the gang to put back the Remote Control to the lab so that they can activate the machine that can use to destroy the monsters from the costumes before Coolsvile become Doomsville.

Meanwhile "Hop" landed in second place earning $11.4 million on Friday. It stars the voice of Russel Brand. Jake Gyllenhaal's latest box office effort, "Source Code," came third place to $5 million on Friday. However the film 'Insidious,' which was directed by "Saw" director James Wan, is nipping at its heels in fourth place with an estimated $4.8 million. Bradley Cooper's "Limitless" came in fifthh place with a $3 million haul and as earned a total of $49.2 million during its box office run.