{"id":576335,"date":"2010-05-24T08:41:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T12:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2010-05-24T08:41:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T12:41:56","slug":"shrek-leads-the-box-office-but-does-not-meet-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576335","title":{"rendered":"Shrek leads the box office but does not meet expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12620\" title=\"Shrek leads the box office but does not meet expectations\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shrek-leads-the-box-office-but-does-not-meet-expectations.jpg\" alt=\"Shrek leads the box office but does not meet expectations\" width=\"358\" height=\"216\" \/><br \/>\nThe fourth installment of <strong>Shrek <\/strong>leads the box office but does not meet expectations. &#8220;<strong>Shrek Forever After<\/strong>&#8221; has grossed $ 71.3 million during its first three days on screen, while the film industry had calculated a forecast of over 100 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<strong>Shrek the Third<\/strong>&#8221; was released in 2007 with 121.6 million dollars, &#8220;<strong>Shrek 2<\/strong>&#8221; earned $ 108 million during its opening weekend in 2004 and the &#8220;<strong>Shrek<\/strong>&#8221; series began in 2001 with $ 42 million.\u00a0The new movie opened in the &#8220;lower end of forecasts,&#8221; said Anne Globe, head of Worldwide Marketing and Consumer Products.<br \/>\nHowever, Globe said that the film is the fourth biggest opening of all time in animated films, behind the previous two installments of <strong>Shrek <\/strong>and The Simpsons.\u00a0Globe hopes the film works well in the coming weeks, before the releasing of the &#8220;Toy Story 3&#8243; on June 18, the next big delivery of Walt Disney.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AdSense Now! 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