'Shrek' Stomps 'Sex and the City 2' at Box Office

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 1st 2010 06:55AM

Not only did 'Sex and the City 2' fall far short of box office predictions -- Carrie Bradshaw and the gals got trumped by 'Shrek Forever After,' a week-old film and the fourth in its franchise.

Predictions for 'Sex and the City 2' over the long weekend ran as high as $75 million; however, the film grossed just $37.1 million. The sequel earned less in five days than the 2008 original earned in its first three days.

Moviefone has the full report!

"It's possible," Moviefone's Gary Susman writes, "that the film was hurt by poor reviews, its R-rating and its 2 1/2-hour running time (allowing for fewer screenings per day) or its inability to attract male moviegoers (polling found the 'Sex 2' audience to be 90 percent female), but none of these proved obstacles for the first movie. Maybe it's just that real-life women the ages of Carrie or Samantha were busy taking their kids to see 'Shrek.'"

'Shrek' also dominated 'Prince of Persia' in what's being deemed the first -- and quite possibly the largest -- box office upset of the summer.

See what men think of the 'Sex and the City 2' craze (or lack thereof?):

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Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker attends the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010 in New York City.

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Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker attends the After Party of Sex And The City 2 at Kensington Palace on May 27, 2010 in London, England. "Sex And The City 2" UK Premiere - After Party Odeon Leicester Square London, England United Kingdom May 27, 2010 Photo by Jon Furniss/WireImage.com To license this image (60580128), contact WireImage.com

Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 27: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Actress Sarah Jessica Parker arrives at the UK premiere of Sex And The City 2 at Odeon Leicester Square on May 27, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Claire R Greenway/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

Sarah Jessica Parker attends the afterparty for "Sex And The City 2" at Kensington Palace on May 27, 2010 in London, England. "Sex And The City 2" UK Premiere - After Party Odeon Leicester Square London, England United Kingdom May 27, 2010 Photo by Jon Furniss/WireImage.com To license this image (60583441), contact WireImage.com

Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 27: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) (L-R) Actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall arrive at the UK premiere of 'Sex And The City 2' at Odeon Leicester Square on May 27, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Claire R Greenway/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Sarah Jessica Parker;Cynthia Nixon;Kristin Davis;Kim Cattrall

Sarah Jessica Parker Snapshots

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 27: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) (L-R) Actresses Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the UK premiere of 'Sex And The City 2' at Odeon Leicester Square on May 27, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Claire R Greenway/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Sarah Jessica Parker;Cynthia Nixon;Kristin Davis;Kim Cattrall

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Comments

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Tuesday 01 June

By Bonbon

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Losers, probably all a bunch of fatties posting today.

By Gilbert

Awesome, the immensly underserving overrated piece of garbage that is 'Sex in the City 2' was crushed, LOVED IT!

By magusap

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of couse its number one, because the parents has to go with their kids and watch the movie with them. 2,3,4,5,10 kids plus parents and other adults who like the movie that's a lot of people.

By c

the new sequel, cellulite in the city, they should retire and take up gardening,sjp can stop a freight train,thank god for make up ladys, can only amagine what you really look like in the morning, no need for coffee today dear...............

By amy

This should make you feel proud then fatty!!!

By maya

This movie was beyond awfull, I liked the series and the first movie but this was tradgic. 2 1/2 hours of stupid dialog and zero plot. Everyone except Big and Aiden looked old and haggared, the makeup was bad, the clothes were rediculous, and who wears high heels in the desert while riding a camel anyway? I can not stomach raunchy sex senes with Samantha one more time nor did I want to see Charlotte's camel toe. YUCK! Towards the end i thought I was watching a scooby doo mystery, ludacris. Save your money!! You WILL be disapointed.

By Diana

JSP is no horse face. Shes a beautiful woman, mother, wife, daughter,, ect,,,.
I saved my money too. I didnt go, no one could pay me enough to sit through that.
Maybe holly wood will get the picture now.
We dont want to see any more sex in the city !!!
Its over, give it a rest, we have more important things to do, and watch.

Boy are there some freaks on these blogs. Just a bunch of overstuffed media fed cattle that will repeat what is preached to them by the media. No one thinks for themselves anymore...

Monday 21 June

By Donna

Why is everyone so damn hard on Sex and the city 2? I agree that it is a little too long. I don't think it's going to win a oscar
for best picture but I thought it was damn funny,I thought the clothes were imaginative,this is a harmless popcorn movie.it won't bite you,get off of these ladies' backs.

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