Shrek Forever After, the DreamWorks 3-D cartoon that sends the Mike Myers-voiced ogre into an alternate nightmare reality in the
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Coach outlet finished first this weekend with $71.3 million at North American theaters, according to early studio estimates. That sounds like a nice fat number for a May movie; it's the third best opening of the year so far, behind Iron Man 2, with $128.1 million, and Alice in Wonderland, $116.1 million. The new Shrek also beat the opening weekends for recent DreamWorks hits like
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Except for the expectations. Many B.O. swamis had Forever After earning more than $100 million in its first three days. Instead, it will finish the weekend 50% below
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