Box Office Mojo reports that Shrek 2 is tearing up the box office. Estimates are that Shrek 2 has pulled in $104.3 million over the weekend and $125.2 million since opening on Wednesday. The film is already shaking up the record books as well. Assuming the estimates hold:

Earlier this week DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp “thought Shrek 2 was headed for a $60-65 million weekend as did most in the industry. ‘We just wanted to get above the Finding Nemo’s $70.3 million for the animation record'”. He now says that “this was well beyond any expectations”.

Box Office Mojo believes “Shrek 2 is now well-positioned to become the #1 movie of the summer… Going into the season, common wisdom had Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Spider-Man 2 as the movies to beat for the crown, but Shrek 2 is on a $300 million plus trajectory – a gross that seems too rosy even for Harry and Spidey prognostications”.

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