{"id":9056,"date":"2010-11-14T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=9056"},"modified":"2010-11-14T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T17:51:20","slug":"megamind-stops-unstoppable-at-weekend-box-office-morning-glory-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/14\/megamind-stops-unstoppable-at-weekend-box-office-morning-glory-weak\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Megamind&#8221; Stops &#8220;Unstoppable&#8221; At Weekend Box Office, &#8220;Morning Glory&#8221; Weak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Megamind&#8221; was not the box office all-star many were expecting in its first week, but it still managed a healthy second weekend performance en route to a big victory.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/premiere-twentieth-century\/image\/10067022?term=denzel+pine\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/10067022\/premiere-twentieth-century\/premiere-twentieth-century.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=10067022\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Premiere Of Twentieth Century Fox's Unstoppable - Arrivals\" height=\"179\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"WESTWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Actor Chris Pine, director Tony Scott, actors Rosario Dawson, and Denzel Washington arrive at the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox's 'Unstoppable' at Regency Village Theater on October 26, 2010 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The film grossed an estimated $30.1 million, which was enough to hold off newcomer &#8220;Unstoppable.&#8221;  Despite the extremely strong reviews, that film played like a textbook Denzel Washington release at the box office, scoring $23.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due Date&#8221; fell back to number three with $15.5 million.  The 52% decline was expected given the film&#8217;s soft reviews and high level of opening week interest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Skyline&#8221; and &#8220;Morning Glory,&#8221; two new releases, offered nothing spectacular, landing at fourth and fifth with $11.7 million an $9.6 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><B>Weekend Top Ten:<\/b><br \/>\n1)   Megamind &#8211; $30.1M ($89.8M)<br \/>\n2)   Unstoppable &#8211; $23.5M<br \/>\n3)   Due Date &#8211; $15.5M ($59.0M)<br \/>\n4)   Skyline &#8211; $11.7M<br \/>\n5)   Morning Glory &#8211; $9.6M<br \/>\n6)   For Colored Girls &#8211; $6.8M ($30.9M)<br \/>\n7)   Red &#8211; $5.1M ($79.8M)<br \/>\n8)   Paranormal Activity 2 &#8211; $3.1M ($82.0M)<br \/>\n9)   Saw 3D &#8211; $2.8M ($43.5M)<br \/>\n10) Jackass 3D &#8211; $2.3M ($114.7M)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Megamind&quot; 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