--- title: Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans description: Storming the screen with plenty of muscle — and some steroids in the form of a last-minute 3-D version on about 1,500 screens — Clash... canonical: https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/ author: Richard Corliss article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2010-04-04T04:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-22T16:13:16.969Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans og:description: Storming the screen with plenty of muscle — and some steroids in the form of a last-minute 3-D version on about 1,500 screens — Clash... og:url: https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2635ef247e3ae9e1/698a4b69929fad782fbfb614/360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans twitter:description: Storming the screen with plenty of muscle — and some steroids in the form of a last-minute 3-D version on about 1,500 screens — Clash... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2635ef247e3ae9e1/698a4b69929fad782fbfb614/360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Richard Corliss](https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/) Apr 4, 2010 4:00 AM UTC  Sam Worthington as Perseus in a scene from Clash of the Titans Sam Worthington as Perseus in a scene from Clash of the TitansWarner Bros. by [Richard Corliss](https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/) Apr 4, 2010 4:00 AM UTC Storming the screen with plenty of muscle — and some steroids in the form of a last-minute 3-D version on about 1,500 screens — _Clash of the Titans_ was No. 1 at the North American box office with $61.4 million, according to early studio estimates. The Greek-myth epic topped the previous best Easter weekend entry, 2006’s _Scary Movie 4_, by about 50%. (_Clash_‘s $135 million budget was three times as high as _SM4_‘s.) But the movie earned about $10 million less than _Fast and Furious_, which opened on this (non-Easter) weekend last year, and about $9 million less than the opening weekend take of _300_, the antique-Greek saga whose success three years ago surely inspired Warner Bros. to remake the original, 1981 version of _Clash_. [(See “The 3-D Pileup: Too Many Movies, Not Enough Screens.”)](https://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1977297,00.html) In a weekend that saw about a 35% jump in ticket sales from last Easter, the mass audience gifted the new releases with nice, colorful eggs. One-man indie conglomerate writer-director-star Tyler Perry reunited with Janet Jackson for _Why Did I Get Married Too_, which pulled in $30.2 million — far above the three-day tally for the 2007 original. This is the fourth $30 million–plus opening for a Perry movie, though the revenue usually drops quickly in succeeding weeks. (His last four films earned at least 45% of their total take in the first three days.) Spending just $20 million a pop on raucous, sentimental, semi-sacred comedies and melodramas that enthrall his mostly African-American fans twice a year, Perry deserves to be dubbed Tyler the Titan. [(See the best movies of the decade.)](https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1949837%5F1949237,00.html) Miley Cyrus, another moneymaker whose films are pretty much off the blockbuster radar, enjoyed a decent opening of $16.2 million, and $25.6 million for its first five days, for _The Last Song_. With the same learn-to-love-your-daddy plot as her _Hannah Montana: The Movie_ hit from last spring, the new picture is based on a screenplay and novel by Nicholas Sparks (_The Notebook_, _Dear John_), the go-to guy for young-adult weepies. Once a princess of the Disney Channel, Cyrus has generated more than a quarter-billion dollars with her first three movies (the Hannah Montana concert film and movie, plus the animated feature _Bolt_, for which she was the lead female voice). Not bad for a kid who won’t turn 18 until Nov. 23. _Clash_ was the third new stereoptic release in a month, after _Alice in Wonderland_ (now well past $300 million at home, and at $672.8 million worldwide) and last weekend’s topper, _How to Train Your Dragon_ (already closing in on $100 million domestic). Apparently audiences are insatiable for movies for which they have to wear goggles. The Hollywood bosses like them too, since they can charge an extra $3 or $4 per ticket for the privilege of seeing a movie like _Clash_ that is retrofitted with no other purpose than greed. This time, audiences responded to the saturation marketing campaign and ignored the mostly negative reviews. (Perhaps they read [TIME’s contrarian review of _Clash of the Titans_](https://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1977333,00.html) and decided to give the movie a try.) The Friday-to-Saturday drop for _Clash_, from $26.4 million to $21.6 million, might be attributed to mediocre word of mouth or preoccupation by the movie’s core male audience with the NCAA men’s Final Four. (Go, Butler!) Viewers addicted to 3-D are going to have to wait another seven weeks for the next one, _Shrek Forever After_. In the meantime, they’ll just have to rewatch _Alice_, _Dragon_ and _Clash_. Hey, movie exhibitors: Care to bring back _Avatar_? Here are the weekend’s top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo: 1\. _Clash of the Titans_, $61.4 million, first weekend 2\. _Why Did I Get Married Too_, $30.2 million, first weekend 3\. _How to Train Your Dragon_, $29.2 million; $92.3 million, second week 4\. _The Last Song_, $16.2 million; $25.6 million, first five days 5\. _Alice in Wonderland_, $8.3 million; $309.8 million, fifth week 6\. _Hot Tub Time Machine_, $8 million; $27.8 million, second week 7\. _The Bounty Hunter_, $6.2 million; $49 million, third week 8\. _Diary of a Wimpy Kid_, $5.5 million; $46.2 million, third week 9\. _She’s Out of My League_, $1.463 million; $28.7 million, fourth week 10\. _Shutter Island_, $1.462 million; $123.4 million, seventh week [See the 100 best movies of all time.](https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1953094,00.html) [Watch TIME’s video “The 3-D Experience and You.”](https://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,75184978001%5F1976624,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/"},"headline":"Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans","datePublished":"2010-04-04T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-22T16:13:16.969Z","description":"Storming the screen with plenty of muscle — and some steroids in the form of a last-minute 3-D version on about 1,500 screens — Clash...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2635ef247e3ae9e1/698a4b69929fad782fbfb614/360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Richard Corliss","url":"https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2635ef247e3ae9e1/698a4b69929fad782fbfb614/360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"360_sam_worthington_0331.jpg","caption":"Sam Worthington as Perseus in a scene from Clash of the Titans","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6910775/box-office-weekend-cash-of-the-titans/","name":"Box-Office Weekend: Cash of the Titans"}}]}] ```