The elephant sized debut of Jim Carrey’s latest flick ‘Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who’ nudged aside last week’s top grosser, 10,000 B.C. from the top spot with its whopping $45.1 million weekend opening in North America.
The 20th Century release of an animated adaptation of a 1954 popular children’s book Dr. Seuss has Jim Carrey voicing the title character, Horton, a rubbery elephant who stumbles upon a speck which is actually a tiny planet called Whoville.
‘Horton’ is Carey’s fourth best opening of all time below 2003’s ‘Bruce Almighty’ with $67.95 million and previous Dr. Seuss movie, 2000’s ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas with $55.1 million. It is Carrey’s biggest come back since 2003.
The other top weekend hits are- ‘10,000 B.C.’ that slipped to no.2 with $16.4 million; at no 3 spot was another new comer this week, a martial arts film, ‘Never Back Down’, which grossed a mild $8.6 million; at no.4 spot, a Martin Lawrence comedy, ‘College Road Trip’ cashed $7.9 million; and, at no. 5, a political thriller, ‘Vantage Point’, earned $5.4 million.
VIA: PR-inside.com
