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Fourth spot goes to Miley Cyrus and The Last Song, which is another manipulative weeper from Nicolas Sparks, who these days seems to have enough output to movies to rival Stephen King. Speaking of horror movies, The Last Song opened to $16.2 million over the Friday-to-Sunday portion of the weekend, and $25.6 million since opening on Wednesday. It isn't a lot better than Britney Spears first film, Crossroads, which opened to $17 million over four days in February 2002. The Last Song was critically reviled, earning only nine positive reviews out of a possible 75, giving it a laughable 12% fresh rating. Critics said that this was as much Sparks' fault as Miley's, so it might not be a career killer a la Brittney Spears. Expect The Last Song to drop 60% next weekend.

Alice in Wonderland manages a fifth place finish despite being the third 3D film in the top five. Now in its fifth weekend, and completely surrounded by competition, Alice earned $8.3 million and dropped an expected 53%. The Tim Burton film crossed the $300 million mark on Thursday, its 28th day of release, which surprisingly matches Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Alice has earned more overseas than it has domestically, so the $200 million Disney effort is paying off handsomely. Alice now has a domestic running total of $310 million.

Hot Tub Time Machine finished sixth after opening in third last weekend with $14 million. This weekend, the John Cusack film dropped 43%, and took in $8 million. I think we all expected this $36 million MGM title to fare better, but at least it kept the drop better than 50%. Hot Tub Time Machine now has a total of $27.8 million.

The Bounty Hunter finishes seventh, and thankfully we are almost done with this title. Bounty Hunter earned $6.2 million and was off 48% compared to last weekend. As a side note, a director to avoid in the future might be Andy Tennant, as he has back to back dogs in Fool's Gold (10% fresh at RT) and The Bounty Hunter (8% fresh). Unfortunately, The Bounty Hunter will make money for Sony, as it's earned $49 million so far against a budget of $40 million.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid limps into eighth spot. After a 54% plunge against the opening of How To Train Your Dragon, Wimpy Kid does a little better this weekend, earning $5.5 million and dropping 45%. This $15 million film has now earned $46.2 million, which is a great haul so far for such a small film.

Ninth and tenth go to She's Out of My League and Shutter Island. League earned $1.5 million and has a total so far of $28.7 million against a $20 million budget. Shutter Island earned $1.5 million and has a running total of $123.4 million against an $80 million budget. Both films are winners for Paramount.

Overall, the box office is white hot. The top 12 films managed to take in an amazing $174.6 million this weekend, thanks to almost $150 million coming from the top five films alone. A year ago, Fast & Furious dominated the box office, taking in $71 million, and leading the top 12 films last year to $148.9 million. Next weekend's lone opener is Date Night, a comedy with Tina Fey and Steve Carell.

Top Weekend Box Office for 4/2/10-4/4/10 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Clash of the Titans	Warner Bros. Pictures	$61,400,000	$61,235,105	New	$63,890,110
2	Why Did i Get Married Too	Lionsgate	N/A	$29,289,537	New	$29,289,537
3	How to Train Your Dragon	DreamWorks Pictures	$29,200,000	$29,010,044	- 33.7%	$92,135,916
4	The Last Song	WALT DISNEY	$16,203,000	$16,007,426	New	$25,395,041
5	Alice in Wonderland	Walt Disney Pictures	$8,267,000	$8,208,060	- 53.6%	$309,733,753
6	Hot Tub Time Machine	MGM	$8,000,000	$8,070,716	- 42.4%	$27,910,213
7	The Bounty Hunter	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$6,200,000	$6,091,907	- 49.3%	$48,853,453
8	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	20th Century Fox	$5,525,000	$5,302,369	- 47.6%	$46,013,347
9	She's Out of My League	Paramount	$1,463,000	$1,516,952	- 56.8%	$28,712,974
10	Shutter Island	Paramount	$1,462,000	$1,488,403	- 53.3%	$123,440,937
11	Green Zone	Universal Pictures	$1,217,160	$1,248,395	- 63.1%	$33,118,420
12	The Ghost Writer	SUMMIT	$1,135,000	$1,127,697	New	$11,016,593
	Also Opening/Notables
	The Greatest	Paladin	$37,000	$33,616	New	$33,616
	Breaking Upwards	IFC Films	N/A	$15,467	New	$15,467
	The Sun Behind the Clouds	Balcony	N/A	$10,884	New	$16,074
	The Warlords	Magnolia	N/A	$10,073	New	$10,073
	The Thorn In the Heart	Oscilloscope	$6,135	$5,173	New	$5,173
			$583,525	$512,871	- 48.8%	$1,797,000
	Greenberg	Focus Features	$741,939	$725,294	- 29.0%	$2,293,918
	Repo Men	Universal Pictures	$528,165	$576,180	- 80.9%	$13,156,255
	Hubble 3d	WARNER BROS.	$418,000	$436,714	New	$1,968,671
	The Runaways	Apparition	$182,534	$166,417	- 63.4%	$1,955,954
	City Island	Anchor Bay	$143,000	$143,504	New	$256,870
	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$985,000	$980,239	- 52.1%	$742,332,678
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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