Variety Weekend - Shrek, Street Dance 3D & Robin Hood at the Canadian, North American, UK & Australian Box Offices May 21, 2010 Weekend

Shrek Forever After debuts strong in Canada & North America coming in #1 this weekend and in the top 5 for highest grossing weekends of the year so far. MacGruber debuts at #5 in Canada and #6 in North America, Kites at #8 in Canada and #10 in North America. I think Kites is the only film to be released this week that hit all the charts!

UK #1 is Street Dance 3D, a UK film that opened this weekend there and opens throughout Europe in the next few weeks. Sadly no North American release dates yet for Street Dance 3D, although we are getting a 3D dance film here in August with Step-Up 3D. To add to (at least my) jealously of the UK getting a dance film we haven't got here, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time opened on May 21, 2010 (a whole week ahead!) and debuts at #2. More new releases include Kites debuting at #5 and The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans at #9.

In Australia, Robin Hood (2010) takes top honours for the second week in a row, and the comedy The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2, an Australia/Greece co-production, comes in second on the charts. The Back-Up Plan debuts at #4, A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) at #5, Harry Brown at #7, Kites at #9 and Food, Inc at #20.

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the May 21, 2010 weekend
1. Shrek Forever After *
2. Iron Man 2
3. Robin Hood (2010)
4. Letters to Juliet
5. MacGruber *
6. Date Night
7. How to Train Your Dragon
8. Kites *
9. She's Out of My League
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street
11. The Back-up Plan
12. Just Wright
13. Green Zone
14. Shutter Island
15. Furry Vengeance
16. Avatar
17. The Trotsky
18. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
19. Hot Tub Time Machine
20. Clash of the Titans (2010)

Top 20 Movies in North America for the May 21, 2010 weekend
1. Shrek Forever After *
2. Iron Man 2
3. Robin Hood (2010)
4. Letters to Juliet
5. Just Wright
6. MacGruber *
7. Date Night
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street
9. How to Train Your Dragon
10. Kites *
11. The Back-up Plan
12. Babies
13. Death at a Funeral
14. Furry Vengeance
15. Alice in Wonderland
16. The Secret in Their Eyes
17. City Island
18. Clash of the Titans (2010)
19. Oceans
20. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the May 21, 2010 weekend
1. StreetDance 3D *
2. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time *
3. Robin Hood (2010)
4. Iron Man 2
5. Kites *
6. Four Lions
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
8. Hot Tub Time Machine
9. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans *
10. The Back-up Plan

Top 20 Movies in Australia for the May 20 - 24 2010 weekend
1. Robin Hood (2010)
2. The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2
3. Iron Man 2
4. The Back-up Plan
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
6. Letters to Juliet
7. Harry Brown
8. I Love You Too
9. Kites
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
11. Hot Tub Time Machine
12. How to Train Your Dragon
13. Date Night
14. The Concert
15. Avatar
16. Beneath Hill 60
17. New York, I Love You
18. Soul Kitchen
19. Kick-Ass
20. Food, Inc

* indicates opening weekend in noted location

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info, Australia Info