【英语科技】《怪物史莱克4》蝉联周末票房冠军

The 3-D animated feature 'Shrek Forever After' beat out the comedy 'Get Him to the Greek' to finish first at the weekend box office.

'Shrek Forever After' (Paramount/DreamWorks), the fourth and purportedly final installment of the cartoon series, took in $25.3 million to finish at No. 1, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. The new Shrek adventure has been atop the box office for three weekends in a row, and has taken in $183 million so far. Final numbers will be available on Monday.

'Get Him to the Greek' (Universal) a comedy starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, debuted at No.2 with $17.4 million.

'Killers' (Lionsgate) with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, opened at No. 3 with $16.1 million.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of Hollywood.com, said in an email that the domestic box office has been down from last year three weekend in a row. 'The movies currently in the marketplace are simply not engendering enough excitement on the part of audiences the way [a] year ago moviegoers were psyched about films like 'The Hangover' and 'Up',' he says.

Dergarabedian says that the box office may fare batter when 80s flashback movies 'The Karate Kid' and 'The A-Team' open next weekend.

ASSOCIATED PRESS3D动画片《怪物史莱克4》(Shrek Forever After)击败喜剧片《前往希腊剧院》(Get Him to the Greek)蝉联周末票房冠军。

据票房跟踪网站Hollywood.com初步估计，《怪物史莱克4》周末票房收入2,530万美元，位居榜首。史莱克的最新冒险已连续三个周末蝉联票房冠军，至今票房收入已达1.83亿美元。《怪物史莱克4》由派拉蒙公司 (Paramount)和梦工厂(DreamWorks)联合制作，是这个卡通系列片的第四部，据称也是最后一部。

《前往希腊剧院》票房收入1,740万美元，名列第二。该片由环球电影公司(Universal)出品，由马拉塞尔•布兰德(Russell Brand)和乔纳•希尔(Jonah Hill)主演。

《杀手们》（Killers）首周末票房1,610美元，位居第三。该片由狮门影业(Lionsgate)出品，凯瑟琳•海格尔(Katherine Heigl)和艾什顿•库彻(Ashton Kutcher)主演。

Hollywood.com票房部总经理德加拉伯迪安(Paul Dergarabedian)在电子邮件中说，美国国内票房已连续三周同比下跌。他说，当前上映的电影未能引发观众足够的热情。一年前，《宿醉》(The Hangover)和《飞屋环游记》(Up)让观众为之疯狂。

德加拉伯迪安说，下周末翻拍80年代的电影《功夫梦》(The Karate Kid)和《天龙特攻队》(The A-Team)上映时，票房或许能好一些。