‘The Karate Kid’ Strong on Monday

Sony's The Karate Kid led the daily box office with ease for a fourth consecutive day on Monday. The break-out remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan grossed $6.39 million for the day, which was down 60 percent from Sunday. While that represented one of the day's larger daily declines, the decline was quite understandable given the film's appeal with family audiences on Sunday and the size of the film's opening weekend performance. The Karate Kid has grossed $62.05 million through its first four days. That is an extremely impressive performance, especially when taking into account pre-release expectations and the film's $40 million production budget. Thus far The Karate Kid is running a slim 7 percent behind the pace of 2008's Kung Fu Panda.

The A-Team remained in second place on Monday with $3.00 million. Fox's big-screen adaptation of the 1980s television series was down 55 percent from Sunday. On the heels of a lackluster opening weekend performance, The A-Team experienced a solid hold on Monday. However, much like Get Him to the Greek last week, The A-Team looks to have benefited a bit from there being no NBA Finals game on Monday. The film could lose a bit of momentum tonight when it goes up against game 6 of the Finals. The four-day gross for The A-Team stands at $28.67 million. That places the film 12 percent ahead of the pace of last year's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.

Shrek Forever After claimed third place with $1.87 million. The computer animated sequel from Paramount and DreamWorks was down 60 percent from Sunday and down a very healthy 23 percent from last Monday. With Shrek Forever After to lose 3D screens to Disney's Toy Story 3 on Friday, the film could hold up quite well during the rest of the midweek before taking a significant hit over the weekend. Shrek Forever After has grossed $211.89 million through 25 days and will soon overtake fellow computer animated film How to Train Your Dragon for third place on the yearly domestic chart.

Universal's Get Him to the Greek finished in fourth with $1.61 million. The R-rated comedy starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand was down just 44 percent from Sunday and down 36 percent from last Monday. That was a nice hold for the day, even when taking into account the lack of a NBA Finals game. Get Him to the Greek continues to run in line with expectations as it has now grossed $38.01 million through eleven days. The film is currently running 5 percent ahead of 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Killers rounded out Monday's top five with $1.02 million. The Lionsgate release starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl was down 50 percent from Sunday. Like Get Him to the Greek, Killers was also down 36 percent from last Monday as stronger summer midweek grosses are now kicking into gear across the board. The eleven-day gross for Killers stands at $31.28 million, placing the film 21 percent behind the pace of this year's The Bounty Hunter.

Iron Man 2 grossed $0.54 million for the day, bringing the film's domestic total to $299.82 million. Paramount's blockbuster superhero sequel will reach the $300 million mark today, making it the second release of 2010 to do so.