Will Ferrell's Blades Reaps Box-office Glory
With a $33 million haul,
Blades of Glory topped the weekend box office, which was down 13 percent versus a year ago but is still up four percent for the year to date. Rounding out the top five were
Meet the Robinsons (opening with $25.1 million),
300 ($11.2 mil), last week's champ
TMNT ($9.2 mil) and the unsinkable
Wild Hogs ($8.4 mil).
Blades of Glory represents the second-best opening of Will Ferrell's big-screen career, behind
Ricky Bobby ($47 mil).