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Disneynature's latest title to try and cash in on Earth Day is Chimpanzee. The studio seems to be gaining a following for these films. Chimpanzee opened to $3.5 million on Friday, and turned that opening day into a weekend gross of $10.2 million from only 1,563 venues. It had an average of $6,529. Like African Cats ($6 million opening, $15 million finish), Oceans ($6.1 million opening, $19.4 million finish) and Earth ($8.8 million opening, $32 million finish), Chimpanzee caters to the Earth Day crowd, and is critically accepted (77% fresh at RottenTomatoes). Thankfully, a portion of the proceeds goes to the Jane Goodall institute.

Fifth goes to The Three Stooges, which takes a poke in the eye. After fooling people into $17 million in ticket sales last weekend, the Fox comedy got left behind this weekend, earning only $9.2 million and dropping 46%. The Farrelly Brothers comedy has now earned $29.4 million, as they look forward to washing this one off, and moving forward with Dumb and Dumber 2.

Cabin in the Woods is sixth, earning $7.8 million and dropping 47% compared to its $14.7 million opening last weekend. Despite the 92% fresh rating, the Cinemascore for Cabin came in at a C, which is likely affecting word-of-mouth. Still, Cabin, which cost Lionsgate $12 million (or about 3.5% of The Hunger Games current gross), has now earned $27 million, so despite sitting on the shelf for years, it will still eke out a profit.

American Reunion is seventh, and is dying on the vine, as this franchise never should have been resurrected. In its third weekend, Reunion earned $5.2 million and dropped 50%. The $50 million dollar film has now brought in $48.3 million for Universal.

Titanic 3D plummets to eighth, as with the anniversary of the sinking now in the past, people no longer care. The re-release earned another $5 million, but when compared to last weekend's $12 million gross, the drop equals 58%. Since returning to screens in 3D, Titanic has now earned $52.8 million.

21 Jump Street spends what could be its last weekend in the top ten. The leggy Sony release earned another $4.6 million and dropped 30% compared to last weekend. The comedy with the $42 million budget has now earned $127.1 million.

Finally in tenth is Mirror Mirror, the Julia Roberts fairy tale miss from Relativity Media. The film earned $3.8 million, off 40% from last week. Its grand total sits at $55.2 million, still well short of its $85 million budget.

Overall, this weekend is a surprising winner compared to last year, winning by just a hair. Thanks to strong debuts of Think Like A Man and The Lucky One, the top 12 films brought in $123.3 million, a couple million ahead of the $121.2 million that last year's top ten earned. Next weekend is the frame prior to The Avengers, and brings The Five-Year Engagement (aka future counter-programming), The Raven with John Cusack, Safe with Jason Statham, and Pirates! A Band of Misfits, from those wonderful oddballs at Aardman Animation.

Top Weekend Box Office for 4/20/12-4/22/12 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Think Like a Man	SONY	$33,000,000	New	$33,000,000
2	The Lucky One	Warner Bros.	$22,805,000	New	$22,805,000
3	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	$14,500,000	- 31%	$356,900,460
4	Chimpanzee	WALT DISNEY	$10,205,000	New	$10,205,000
5	The Three Stooges	Twentieth Century Fox	$9,200,000	- 46%	$29,355,446
6	The Cabin in the Woods	MGM	$7,750,000	- 47%	$26,980,172
7	American Reunion	Universal	$5,231,925	- 50%	$48,275,685
8	Titanic 3d	Paramount	$5,000,000	- 58%	$52,828,017
9	21 Jump Street	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$4,600,000	- 30%	$127,066,000
10	Mirror Mirror	Relativity Media	$4,114,000	- 40%	$55,205,753
11	Wrath of the Titans	Warner Bros. Pictures	$3,825,000	- 45%	$77,136,000
12	Lockout	FilmDistrict	$3,094,000	- 50%	$11,003,032
	Also Opening/Notables
	Marley	Magnolia	$275,000	New	$275,000
	To the Arctic	WARNER BROS.	$250,000	New	$250,000
	Darling Companion	Sony Classics	$46,296	New	$46,296
	My Way	Cj Entertainment	$16,195	New	$16,195
	Jesus Henry Christ	Entertainment One	$9,298	New	$9,298
	Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day	Codeblack	$170,000	- 74%	$950,000
	Touchback	Anchor Bay	$64,000	- 4%	$149,100
	Bully	The Weinstein Company	$505,000	- 6%	$1,529,611
	The Raid: Redemption	Sony Classics	$480,866	- 50%	$3,501,777
	Salmon Fishing In the Yemen	Cbs Films	$670,000	- 25%	$7,058,749
	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Universal Pictures	$1,701,725	- 44%	$206,954,990
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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