MegaMind gets two in a row

MegaMind, the $130-million animated feature, held on for a second box office domination weekend in a row, drawing just over $29.1 million last weekend and bringing the film’s 10-day draw to $88.8 million. That’s impressive; with foreign box office it’s now up to $118 million worldwide, so the movie likely won’t lose money for the studio.

That’s less likely with Denzel Washington’s Unstoppable, which drew only $22 million to take second place over the weekend, and with foreign receipts added in, still didn’t quite top $40 million in its opening weekend. Against a $100 million budget and with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 1 opening this weekend, that could spell trouble for a film that more appropriately now might be called Stoppable.

The Robert Downey Jr. comedy Due Date held steady, taking in $15.4 million while budget SF flick Skyline, made for only $10 million, made it’s money back and reached black in with a fourth-place, $11.6 million haul, though bad word of mouth is hurting its staying power. The Harrison Ford-Rachel McAdams flick Morning Glory came in a distant fifth, pulling in $9.2 million against a $40 million budget.

Up this weekend is Harry Potter’s penultimate silver screen appearance, and the action-thriller The Next Three Days, soon to be retitled What Was Lionsgate Thinking Releasing This Movie On the Same Day As Harry Potter? Guess some of those execs will soon be in the market for cheap life insurance.