Animated movie Rio has set a very impressive record for a 2011 opening weekend with a $40 million box office tally. Not so shabby if you consider the movie itself cost $90 million to make! They almost recouped their entire film budget in one weekend!

Rio is a a Brazil-set adventure about the world’s last two blue macaws which are voiced by Social Network’s Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway. I hope and pray these two got points on this film.

The production company responsible for the hit is also responsible for such box-office gold as Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who and the Ice Age.

Rio was up against cult-classic Scream 4 this weekend but managed to earn 58 percent of its coin from 3-D theaters and has received raved reviews.

According to Entertainment Weekly’s ‘Inside Movies’ this weekend’s box office receipts were as follows:

1. Rio — $40 mil
2. Scream 4 — $19.3 mil
3. Hop — $11.2 mil
4. Soul Surfer — $7.4 mil
5. Hanna — $7.3 mil

Did you see Rio this weekend? Did you see any of these movies this weekend?

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