water for elephants

'Fast Five' kicked into high gear at the weekend box office. The action-packed sequel, the fifth in the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, took in a whopping $83.6 million, setting a record for the best April opening ever. (April's previous owner was fittingly 2009's 'Fast and Furious, with $71 million.) 'Fast Five's' impressive debut was more than enough to dethrone last weekend's box office champ

The first thing I heard this morning when coming into the station was "Man, they crashed a lot of Chargers in that movie!" That comment came from our production director Chris Dyer. He took his son to see the Fast Five over the weekend and said it was great but hopes that all the crashes were computer generated and not real because if it was real, " man they wasted a lot of Charge

It was another high-flying weekend at the box office for 'Rio.' The kids' animated movie, featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, took the number one spot for the second weekend in a row, earning an impressive $28.6 million on over 3,800 screens. Since its release last weekend, the movie has grossed $81.3 million and counting.

There truly is something for everyone in the family playing in the movies this weekend. There's a great movie from Disney featuring the big cats in Africa to one of my favorite franchises from Tyler Perry, Madea! Catch all the previews after the jump.