LOS ANGELES -- Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek
than for sex.
DreamWorks Animation's sequel Shrek Forever
After remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with US$43.3
million from Friday to Sunday. The film raised its domestic total to
US$133.1 million.
That easily topped the Warner Bros. sequel Sex
and the City 2, which was No. 2 with a US$32.1-million debut that
came in far below the US$56.8-million opening weekend of its predecessor
two years ago. Along with a US$14.2-million haul in its first day
Thursday, Sex and the City 2 has brought in US$46.3 million.
Debuting
at No. 3 with US$30.2 million was Disney's action tale Prince of
Persia: The Sands of Time.
Even with bad reviews and a
running time of nearly 21/2 hours for Sex and the City 2, many
in Hollywood had expected the sequel to open at No. 1.
But the
fourth Shrek movie, itself opening far below the previous
sequels, held up strongly in its second weekend. Family crowds continued
to pack theatres for what is billed as the final big-screen tale
featuring voice stars Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio
Banderas.
Women made up 90 per cent of the audience for Sex
and the City 2, which reunites the stars of the HBO series -- Sarah
Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.