{"id":6878,"date":"2010-06-05T12:39:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2010-06-05T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T17:41:28","slug":"get-him-to-the-greek-leads-killers-at-box-office-splice-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/05\/get-him-to-the-greek-leads-killers-at-box-office-splice-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Get Him to the Greek&#8221; Leads &#8220;Killers&#8221; at Box Office, &#8220;Splice&#8221; Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>None of the multiple new wide releases got off to a killer box office start Friday, with all four films forfeiting the top slot to &#8220;Shrek: The Final Chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shrek&#8221; added $6.5 million to its tab on its third Friday of release, besting the $6.2 million from top newcomer &#8220;Get Him to the Greek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=get him to the greek&#038;iid=8918945\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/a\/e\/5\/6\/Russell_Brand_and_bbbe.JPG?adImageId=13109154&#038;imageId=8918945\" width=\"234\" height=\"398\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Russell Brand and Katy Perry attend the premiere of the film Get Him to the Greek in Los Angeles\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With a nearly identical gross to the $6.0 million April 2008 opener for &#8220;Forgetting Sarah Marshall&#8221; (from which Russell Brand&#8217;s character in &#8220;Greek&#8221; spun off), &#8220;Greek&#8221; performed solidly for a Judd Apatow-produced comedy but did not electrify the way a hit summer release would.<\/p>\n<p>Behind &#8220;Greek&#8221; was new release &#8220;The Killers,&#8221; which landed at $5.7 million.  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