Water For Elephants

'Fast Five' kicked into high gear at the weekend box office. The action-packed sequel, the fifth in the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, took in a whopping $83.6 million, setting a record for the best April opening ever. (April's previous owner was fittingly 2009's 'Fast and Furious, with $71 million.) 'Fast Five's' impressive debut was more than enough to dethrone last weekend's box office champ

It was another high-flying weekend at the box office for 'Rio.' The kids' animated movie, featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, took the number one spot for the second weekend in a row, earning an impressive $28.6 million on over 3,800 screens. Since its release last weekend, the movie has grossed $81.3 million and counting.

Two new movies are opening nationwide this this weekend.  One is a film adaptation of the bestselling novel ‘Water for Elephants,’ starring Robert Pattinson (in a non-vampire role) and Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon. The other is a sequel in a long line of sequels in the ‘Madea’ franchise, called ‘Madea’s Big Happy Family.’ It’s hard to say which film will do better at the box office, as o