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Fifth goes to last weekend's (arguably) number one film, Kick-Ass, the little film that was supposed to be huge (but wasn't). After an opening frame last weekend at $19.8 million, the kids of Kick-Ass got dropped on their heads, as the Lionsgate entry earned only $9.5 million and dropped a woeful 52%. The good news for the small studio is that this was a $15 million pickup, and Kick-Ass has already earned $34.9 million, which will likely cover domestic print and advertising costs as well.

Clash of the Titans manages to finish in sixth. The Warner Bros. remake in 3D took in another $9 million in its fourth frame, and dropped 42% compared to last weekend. Since opening to over $60 million, Titans has seen drops of 57%, 42% and now 42% again, as it makes a quit exit from the box office stratosphere. The sword and sorcery epic cost $125 million to make, and now has a domestic total of $145.6 million, and an overseas cume at about $200 million.

The second biggest loser in the holdover department this weekend is Death At a Funeral, as audiences abandoned this one in its second weekend. After opening in the last frame to a stellar $16.2 million, Funeral died, earning only $8 million and dropping a large 51%. While a big drop, don't forget this is a Screen Gems film, and most of their movies are well marketed and made on the cheap, enabling most of them to be one weekend winners (achieving their production budget in the first weekend). Death cost Screen Gems only $21 million to produce and has a gross so far of $28.4 million, which puts another feather in the cap of this low budget studio.

Disney's Earth Day film this year is Oceans, another nature documentary much like last year's Earth. Ocean's opened on Thursday at number one with $2.5 million, and then added a weekend take of $6 million to that for a running total of $8.5 million so far. This French release has already earned $54 million overseas before opening in the US and Canada.

Miley Cyrus and The Last Song finishes ninth. The Nicolas Sparks weeper earned $3.7 million in its fourth frame, and dropped 38%. The Miley Cyrus Movie Experiment has certainly worked for Buena Vista, as this one cost $20 million to make, and has a running total of $55.4 million.

Finally in tenth is Alice In Wonderland, the Tim Burton flick that just won't die. Now in its eighth weekend, Alice earned another $2.2 million and dropped 39%. This Disney effort has brought in $327.5 million domestically against a budget of $200 million, making it another breathtaking 3D success story.

Overall, the news is not good at the box office. For the first weekend since the start of February, the box office top 12 slipped below $100 million, as the box office records its lowest top 12 total so far in 2010. A year ago, Obsessed with Beyonce led the top 12 films to $104 million. This year, the top 12 could only manage $89.7 million. Next weekend could provide a huge frame, though. Openers include the reboot of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and Furry Vengeance for the kids.

Top Weekend Box Office for 4/23/10-4/25/10 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	How to Train Your Dragon	DreamWorks Pictures	$15,025,000	$15,350,213	- 21.8%	$178,345,927
2	The Back-Up Plan	CBS Films	$12,250,000	$12,201,710	New	$12,201,710
3	Date Night	20th Century Fox	$10,600,000	$10,461,223	- 37.4%	$63,332,819
4	The Losers	Warner Bros.	$9,605,000	$9,406,348	New	$9,406,348
5	Kick-Ass	Lionsgate	$9,500,000	$9,342,398	- 52.9%	$34,708,222
6	Clash of the Titans	Warner Bros. Pictures	$9,000,000	$8,924,180	- 42.0%	$145,563,557
7	Death at a Funeral	MGM	$8,000,000	$8,022,762	- 50.5%	$28,471,939
8	Oceans	Disneynature	$6,000,000	$6,058,958	New	$8,525,488
9	The Last Song	Touchstone Pictures	$3,705,000	$3,760,816	- 36.9%	$55,459,482
10	Alice in Wonderland	Walt Disney Pictures	$2,242,000	$2,264,097	- 38.1%	$327,537,023
11	Hot Tub Time Machine	MGM	$1,981,000	$2,007,125	- 42.5%	$45,730,500
12	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	20th Century Fox	$1,750,000	$1,886,464	- 32.4%	$59,628,408
	Also Opening/Notables
	In My Sleep	Morning Star Pictures	N/A	$9,285	New	$9,285
	Paper Man		N/A	$8,613	New	$8,613
	Best Worst Movie	Area23a	N/A	$5,503	New	$5,503
	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	IFC Films	N/A	$4,775	New	$4,775
	Behind the Burly q	First Run	N/A	$3,958	New	$3,958
	Boogie Woogie	IFC Films	N/A	$1,776	New	$1,776
	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Producers Distribution Agency	$150,000	$146,919	New	$389,226
	The Square	Apparition	$41,133	$40,641	New	$116,624
	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?	Lionsgate	N/A	$1,727,505	New	$57,484,421
	The Bounty Hunter	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$1,600,000	$1,570,695	- 49.1%	$62,742,023
	Greenberg	Focus Features	$189,045	$203,662	- 36.4%	$3,705,772
	Hubble 3d	WARNER BROS.	$416,000	$394,977	New	$3,928,045
	The Runaways	Apparition	$145,604	$148,051	- 51.2%	$3,264,029
	City Island	Anchor Bay	$285,000	$314,007	New	$1,240,311
	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$985,000	$920,204	- 8.2%	$746,365,137
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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