“Puss in Boots”, the charming, doe-eyed cat from ‘Shrek’ made its own mark with an estimated $34 million earning in the weekend box office.
The popular character from Shrek franchise voiced by Antonio Banderas is a hit among young moviegoers before Halloween. Aside from sword-fighting cat known as Puss in Boots, the film also features Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) and Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris). But despite the huge earnings, it was slightly damped by the unseasonable winter storm in East Coast.
But another animated film had a huge opening not in North America but overseas. “The Adventures of TinTin” distributed by Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures earned $55.8 million in 19 international markets.
With the holiday season fast approaching the, box office analyst expect a very strong box office. Paramount’s horror movie “Paranormal Activity 3″ took in $18.5 million in its second week of release, earning a total to $81.3 million.
The new release on the weekend from 20th Century Fox, the Justin Timberlake sci-fi thriller “In Time” from 20th Century Fox was down as much as 20 percent Saturday in markets like New York and Philadelphia.
Here is the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters.
1. “Puss in Boots,” $34 million. ($17 million international.)
2. “Paranormal Activity 3,” $18.5 million. ($17 million international.)
3. “In Time,” $12 million. ($14.5 million international.)
4. “Footloose,” $5.4 million. ($1.4 million international.)
5. “The Rum Diary,” $5 million.
6. “Real Steel,” $4.7 million.
7. “The Three Musketeers,” $3.5 million.
8. “The Ides of March,” $2.7 million.
9. “Moneyball,” $2.4 million.
10. “Courageous,” $1.8 million.
