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Easter Box Office Hits

The entertainment industry, specifically Hollywood, loves to go make money off of some of the dumbest sequels, because they know that fans will go see the films regardless of reviews. This is apparent in such movies as "Mission Impossible", whose third installment will be hitting box offices this summer. Other recent sequels include "Basic Instinct 2", which was released 12 years after the original, and of course "Scary Movie 4", which surprisingly has done amazingly well in theaters.

Horror spoof "Scary Movie 4" has topped the North America box office this weekend, taking $41 million. The latest part in the comedy series, the film set a new Easter weekend record after beating the $30 million set by Jodie Foster thriller "Panic Room" in 2002. The movie, released six years after the first "Scary Movie" film was released, stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall and satirises films including "The Grudge", "War of the Worlds", "The Village", "Saw" and "Saw II".

"We couldn`t have asked for a more impressive opening for "Scary Movie 4" and are so proud to have accomplished this only six months after our company launched," Bob Weinstein says. This exceptional opening proves that this franchise has tremendous staying power. "Ice Age: The Meltdown" was second at the weekend, raking in around $20 million. In third was baseball comedy "The Benchwarmers", starring Rob Schneider. Disney?s animal animation "The Wild" entered at number four.