First Box Office: 'shrek 4' Opens To $20m Friday For $70m Weekend; 'macgruber' Bombs

Nikki Finke, Deadline.com
Fri, 05/21/2010 - 11:50pm

FRIDAY PM: Sources have shared with me the following domestic Friday numbers as well as estimated weekend and cume figures ... Analysis coming ... Numbers will be refined in the morning: 1. Shrek Forever After 3D (DWA/Par) NEW [4,359 Theaters] Friday $20M, Estimated Weekend $70M 2. Iron Man 2 (Marvel/Paramount) Week 3 [4,177 Theaters] Friday $7.8M, Estimated Weekend $27M, Estimated Cume $251M 3.

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Topics: animation dreamworks animation macgruber shrek 4 shrek forever after shrek forever after box office

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