'21 Jump Street' tops 'Dr. Seuss' the Lorax'
Audiences headed back to school for [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million.
Sony's action comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops going undercover as high school students took down the animated hit "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," which had been the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] top flick the previous two weekends.
Studio estimates Sunday put Universal's "The Lorax" in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] second place with $22.8 million, raising its domestic total to $158.4 million.
At No. 3, Disney's costly sci-fi dud "John Carter" dropped sharply in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] its second weekend. The Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation took in $13.5 million, down 55 percent from its anemic opening weekend and lifting its domestic total to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] a measly $53.2 million. "John Carter" reportedly cost $250 million to make.
In narrow release, Will Ferrell's Spanish-language B-movie spoof "Casa de Mi Padre" opened solidly at No. 9 with $2.2 million. The Lionsgate release played in just 382 theaters, compared with 3,121 for "21 Jump Street."
Audiences headed back to school for [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million.
Sony's action comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops going undercover as high school students took down the animated hit "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," which had been the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] top flick the previous two weekends.
Studio estimates Sunday put Universal's "The Lorax" in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] second place with $22.8 million, raising its domestic total to $158.4 million.
At No. 3, Disney's costly sci-fi dud "John Carter" dropped sharply in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] its second weekend. The Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation took in $13.5 million, down 55 percent from its anemic opening weekend and lifting its domestic total to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] a measly $53.2 million. "John Carter" reportedly cost $250 million to make.
In narrow release, Will Ferrell's Spanish-language B-movie spoof "Casa de Mi Padre" opened solidly at No. 9 with $2.2 million. The Lionsgate release played in just 382 theaters, compared with 3,121 for "21 Jump Street."