Box office report for April 26, 2010: "Dragon" burns "The Back-Up Plan"
DreamWorks Animation’s steadily soaring “How to Train Your Dragon” continues to heat up the box office.
Released a month ago, the animated adventure took in $15 million to reclaim the No. 1 spot in its fifth weekend in theaters, according to the Associated Press. “How to Train Your Dragon” opened in first place in late March, but has held up strongly and climbed to the top again amid a pack of middling new releases.
The well-reviewed family film raised its total to $178 million and is on its way to becoming a $200 million hit. It seems poised to rank among DreamWorks’ most successful animated films outside the “Shrek” franchise.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-21087" title="lyle lovett - ap" src="http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/imagescaler/6d0a163ca0263e6bdeec45b39544bfbf.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="512" imagescaler="http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/imagescaler/6d0a163ca0263e6bdeec45b39544bfbf.jpg" /> <strong>Lyle Lovett (Associated Press file photo)</strong> Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will play a lively but intimate show at 7 p.m. July 11 at Chapman Music Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. According to a news release, Lovett will bring his trademark wittiness and charm to the stage, along with more than a dozen musicians, including a horn section and a vocal group. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets are priced at .50 and .50, and may be purchased at the PAC Ticket Office and Reasor’s Grocery Stores, by phone at (918) 596-7111 or (800) 364-7111, or online at www.tulsapac.com or www.MyTicketOffice.com. According to LyleLovett.com, the singer-songwriter and his band also will play July 9 at Norman's Riverwind Casino and July 10 at Thackerville's WinStar World Casino. Ticket information is not yet available on those venues' websites. -BAM
Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy “The Back-up Plan,” released by CBS Films, debuted weakly with $12.3 million for second place. Another comedy, Steve Carell and Tina Fey’s “Date Night” from 20th Century Fox, ranked at No. 3 with $10.6 million, raising its total to $63.5 million.
Among the weekend’s other newcomers, the Warner Bros. action flick “The Losers” made just $9.6 million to place in fourth place. Disney’s Earth Day nature film “Oceans” had a solid opening for a documentary, coming in at No. 8 with $6 million, according to the AP.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-21087" title="lyle lovett - ap" src="http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/imagescaler/6d0a163ca0263e6bdeec45b39544bfbf.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="512" imagescaler="http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/imagescaler/6d0a163ca0263e6bdeec45b39544bfbf.jpg" /> <strong>Lyle Lovett (Associated Press file photo)</strong> Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will play a lively but intimate show at 7 p.m. July 11 at Chapman Music Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. According to a news release, Lovett will bring his trademark wittiness and charm to the stage, along with more than a dozen musicians, including a horn section and a vocal group. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets are priced at .50 and .50, and may be purchased at the PAC Ticket Office and Reasor’s Grocery Stores, by phone at (918) 596-7111 or (800) 364-7111, or online at www.tulsapac.com or www.MyTicketOffice.com. According to LyleLovett.com, the singer-songwriter and his band also will play July 9 at Norman's Riverwind Casino and July 10 at Thackerville's WinStar World Casino. Ticket information is not yet available on those venues' websites. -BAM
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