The painful-to-watch Fast & Furious predictably takes out first place at the box office this week and is touted to be the highest grossing of the F&F franchise. Even the giddy kiddies jacked up on Easter eggs and the school holiday spirit couldn’t outnumber the F&F devotees who flocked to the premiere last week.
And although not quite achieving the same success as its studio-sibling Shrek, Monsters Vs Aliens still managed to keep Zac Efron’s 17 Again out of the second-top spot despite the hordes of High School Musical fans on term break.
An honourable mention also goes out to Knowing, for being a prime example of how even a terrible film can be propped up at the box office as long as your leading character was once a semi-decent actor.
See for yourself:
| Film Title | Box Office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fast & Furious | 7,996,484 | ||
| 2 | Monsters Vs Aliens | 3,251,743 | ||
| 3 | 17 Again | 2,387,505 | ||
| 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | 1,323,919 | ||
| 5 | The Boat that Rocked | 1,028,421 | ||
| 6 | Knowing | 498,494 | ||
| 7 | Dragonball Evolution | 457,123 | ||
| 8 | Pink Panther 2 | 396,872 | ||
| 9 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | 245,496 | ||
| 10 | Inkheart | 223,214 |
Source: MPDAA