User blog:Ceauntay/Scooby-Doo 2 catches $34.1 million at the box office

The Mystery Inc. has officially solve the mystery by clearing the case of the ass-kicking vampires at the domestic box office for the holidays over the weekend.

Warner Bros. estimates that "Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie" grossed an incredible $146 million in three days. That was an impressive opening for a movie that cost $50 million to make. That best the previous record of the November release taken from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" that same month three years ago with $142.8 million, and the a new opening weekend record for an animated movie beating "Family Guy: The Movie", which was released back in April, with $141.1 million.

With $146 million, it also became the eigth biggest opening weekend of all-time, and was the fourth biggest opening of the year by far behind only "The Avengers" ($207.4 million), "The Dark Knight Rises" ($160.8 million) and "The Hunger Games" ($152.5 million).

The film even did bigger than the first film "Scooby-Doo! The Movie" that has made $100.2 million in its opening weekend last April, ending its run with a total of $292.4 million. Worldwide, the pic grossed $755 million.

"Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie" has made in a soft $7.2 million in midnight screenings, but did increased a massive $54.9 million, bringing its total to $62.1 million in its first day of release nationwide. It sounds like the third installment is likely to be on its way.

How did "Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie" managed to make that much money over the weekend? It's because the kids are out of school over the weekend because of hurricane Sandy.

As for this week's other new releases; "Wreck-It Ralph" came in at No. 2 over the weekend with a strong $49.1 million, followed by "Flights" at $25 million. "Argo", entering its fourth week of release, dropped from No. 1 to No. 4 earning $10.2 million, bringing its total to $75.2 million. "The Man with the Iron Fists" rounds the top with with $8.2 million.