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“Rio” makes nest atop the US box office

Audiences swarmed theaters for tropical bird comedy “Rio,” which nestled into its perch at the top of the box office for a second week, industry data showed Sunday.
The 3-D cartoon about pet macaw Blu voiced by “Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg, which bolts from chilly climes to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, made $26.8 million in the Friday-to-Sunday period, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
After last week scoring the best debut weekend of the year, the film has made just
over $81 million since its opening.
In second spot was the latest comedic offering from Tyler Perry, with the critically-panned “Madea’s Big Happy Family” that made $25.7 million in its opening weekend.
In third place, starring British heart-throb Robert Pattinson and Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon, was the Depression-era romance “Water for Elephants,” taking in $17.5 million also on its debut.
Easter romp “Hop,” the real-action-animation hybrid about the wayward son of the Easter Bunny and which had spent two weeks at the top, earned another $12.4 million on the Easter weekend for a domestic total of just over $100 million.
“Scream 4,” the latest in director Wes Craven’s irony-drenched horror-comedy franchise, slipped three spots to fifth in its second week with $7.1 million.
Weekend estimates showed “Soul Surfer,” in the seventh spot with $5.9 million, telling the true story of church-going teen surfer AnnaSophia Robb who returns to the ocean after in: n arm in a shark attack.
Horror flick “Insidious,” in which a family finds itself living in a haunted house, picked up $5.3 million for the eighth spot, while “Hanna,”

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