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Moviegoers flocked into theaters in support of "Rio!" The animated family film featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg claimed the top spot with an impressive $40 million box-office take, giving it the best debut so far this year. "Rango" held that title, but "Rio" beat the Johnny Depp film by about $2 million. ("Rio" Movie Review)

It wasn't that good of a news for Dimension Films though. Its "Scream 4" opened at No. 2 with a weak $19.3 million. Why is it weak? Well, previous two sequels both debuted at over $30 million. I think it's time to give Ghostface a rest, don't you think? (Emma Roberts interview for "Scream 4")

The good news of the box-office weekend belonged to Hollywood! Finally, business is picking up after a prolonged drought. With new blockbuster films coming up for our summer movie watching, I'd say yay Hollywood, now make us great films!

Meanwhile, the Easter bunny flick, "Hop" continued to collect gold coins even though it slipped to No. 3 with $11.2 million. The Universal family film, featuring the voice of Russell Brand, has raised its box-office total to $82.6 million.

Here's the estimated Top 10 box-office films for the weekend of April 15:

• "Rio," $40 million.
• "Scream 4," $19.3 million.
• "Hop," $11.2 million.
• "Soul Surfer," $7.4 million.
• "Hanna," $7.3 million.
• "Arthur," $6.94 million.
• "Insidious," $6.9 million.
• "Source Code," $6.3 million.
• "The Conspirator," $3.92 million.
• "Your Highness," $3.9 million.