As expected, "Cars 2" came in at number 1 at the box office this past weekend.
Despite dismal reviews, the Pixar sequel
took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $68 million.
Cars 2 makes Pixar’s number one opening weekend record 12 for 12. Predictions were all over the map, from 50′s to 70′s. In 2006,
Cars earned $60.1 million, but with the increase in ticket sales, that number would translate to around $72.1 million today. Overseas it has earned $42.9 million giving it a total of $110.9 million worldwide. This weekend’s other wide release was
"Bad Teacher", got the number two spot with a total of $31 million. The comedy, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, was rated R and had mixed reviews, which made predictions around the low 20′s. However, it was the only new adult choice at the box office this weekend.
| TW |
| Title | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total | Week |
|---|
| 1 |
| Cars 2 | Disney•Pixar | $68,000,000 | 4,115 | $68,000,000 | 1 |
| 2 |
| Bad Teacher | Columbia Pictures (Sony) | $31,000,000 | 3,049 | $31,000,000 | 1 |
| 3 |
| Green Lantern | Warner Bros. Pictures | $18,350,000 | 3,816 | $89,311,000 | 2 |
| 4 |
| Super 8 | Paramount Pictures | $12,100,000 | 3,424 | $95,186,000 | 3 |
| 5 |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 20th Century Fox | $10,300,000 | 3,342 | $39,448,000 | 2 |
| 6 |
| X-Men: First Class | 20th Century Fox | $6,600,000 | 2,633 | $132,815,000 | 4 |
| 7 |
| The Hangover Part II | Warner Bros. Pictures | $5,865,000 | 2,755 | $243,943,000 | 5 |
| 8 |
| Bridesmaids | Universal Pictures | $5,372,000 | 2,031 | $146,659,000 | 7 |
| 9 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films | $4,702,000 | 2,244 | $229,060,000 | 6 |
| 10 |
| Midnight in Paris | Sony Pictures Classics | $4,481,000 | 951 | $28,580,000 | 6 |
| 11 |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | DreamWorks Animation | $4,150,000 | 2,527 | $153,042,000 | 5 |
| 12 |
| The Tree of Life | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,360,000 | 215 | $5,875,000 | 5 |
