Notable: Shrek 2 Shatters Records

Box Office Mojo has this to
report on Shrek 2's performance in the box office this weekend:

A fractured fairy tale broke records as it mended a heretofore soft summer.

The widest release ever yielded the biggest single day gross ever, the
highest bow ever for an animated movie (topping Finding Nemo's $70.3
million), the second best weekend ever (behind only Spider-Man's $114.8
million) and the first uber-opening of the summer.

The $70 million Shrek 2 raked in a whopping $108.0 million over the weekend
at 4,163 theaters, bringing its five-day haul to $129.0 million since
debuting Wednesday -- the third biggest 5-day bow ever. It beat DreamWorks'
$104.3 million estimate by $3.7 million, thanks to a stronger than expected
Sunday.

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An even better news is that acccording to Click The City, Shrek 2 is already being shown here in the Philippines. Nice.