KARATE KID DROPKICKS THE COMPETITION

As predicted, Sony Pictures' Karate Kid did a giant Dropkick and a victorious "Hai-ya!" on the Box Office this weekend. In its opening weekend, it pulled in $56 million, doubling that of Fox's The A-Team, which earned still a very impressive $26 million, making for an '80s revival Top Two, as both are remakes of iconic trademarks from that era.

Three-week champion Shrek Forever Forever After slipped to third this weekend with $15.8 million, just ahead of Get Him to The Greek which brought in $10.1 million.

Sex and The City 2 continues to tumble its way down with $5.5 million in eighth spot, and its sister film Splice, also from Warner Bros., rounds out the Top Ten with $2.9 million.

"SHREK" AND GET HIM TO THE GREEK NECK AND NECK

In what's looking like a neck and neck battle to the finish this weekend at the Box Office, two-week champion Shrek Forever After is holding a narrow lead with $6.5 million based on Friday's numbers over Universal Pictures' Get Him to the Greek, which made $6.2 million.  The difference though is that Shrek is playing at 4.386 theatres, while Get Him to the Greek is playing at only 2,697 theatres.  The comedy which is a spin-off of successful romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall has been praised by critics with a very decent 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Killers from Lionsgate Films is poised to debut in third after a decent showing in third spot with $5.7 million.  The comedy stars Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher.  The film has been panned universally as films starring Kutcher normally do.

OGRES ON TOP, "SEX" IN THE BACKSEAT

Despite leading the pack early on Friday, Warner Bros.' Sex and the City 2 didn't have enough momentum to hold its lead on the Box Office tally this weekend slipping from first to third. Instead, Paramount's Shrek Forever After makes it two-for-two with an estimated $55.7 this Memorial Day weekend, as families flocked out to support the latest in the four-film franchise. Sex and the City 2 earned $37.1, or $51.3 including totals since its unique Thursday opening. Overseas, the film pulled in $27.6 million, bringing its international total to $78.9 million, meaning it should recoup its $100 million budget before next weekend. 

Disney's Prince of Persia by no means disgraced itself, accounting for second spot with $37.8 million this weekend domestically. Overseas it earned $28.3 million. The film however was made for $200 million, and it's doubtful whether it will earn this back in its theatrical run alone.  Again, if it were any other weekend Jake...  Sorry.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER ON TOP, BUT....

Paramount Pictures' Shek Forever After destroyed its opposition this weekend at the Box Office, pulling in $71.3 million. Impressive, but not quite as impressive as some of that franchise's earlier films. Shrek the Third for example pulled in $121.6 million on its opening weekend domestically. Cameron Diaz was seen on the Live with Regis & Kelly Show last week, confirming this is the last film in the series and said that she was quite sad to see it end.

Iron Man 2, also from Paramount slips to second in its third week of release. To date the film has earned $251.2 million domestically and $506 million worldwide. It was made for $200 million.

Robin Hood also continues to perform well, more so overseas. It has already made $191 million worldwide, with $18.7 million of that coming this past weekend, good enough to land it in third.

The hilarious MacGruber reviewed here Friday, debuted in sixth spot pulling in only $4.1 million. The film was made for only $10 million and shouldn't be a loss for Rogue Pictures/Relativity Media.