Universal 's `` The Lorax '' dropped a relatively mild 44 percent for $ 39.1 million . Other films that reportedly cost around $ 250 million include `` Spider-Man 3 , '' `` Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , '' `` Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides , '' and `` Avatar , '' and those four movies debuted to an average of $ 99 million . `` John Carter '' collected an estimated $ 30.6 million this weekend . In addition to the new films, there were also several other notable releases over the weekend.
Universal 's `` The Lorax '' dropped a relatively mild 44 percent for $ 39.1 million . `` John Carter '' collected an estimated $ 30.6 million this weekend . In addition to the new films, there were also several other notable releases over the weekend.