Green Lantern opened with an estimated $52 million, enough to win the weekend, though the downward spiral from Friday to Sunday indicates a film on the decline, and it couldn’t match the openings of Thor or X-Men: First Class. Still, it fared better than the other wide release, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, which was bettered by Super 8‘s sophomore weekend.
Here’s the complete top five, courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.
1. Green Lantern $52,685,000
2. Super 8 $21,250,000
3. Mr. Popper’s Penguins $18,200,000
4. X-Men: First Class $11,500,000
5. The Hangover: Part II $9,635,000
In limited release action, Tree of Life managed almost $10k per theater, finishing strong in 12th place.
Next weekend, Cars 2 and Bad Teacher open, a clear victory for Pixar. No film has opened with $100 million weekend this year. Will Cars 2 break that streak?
