Rango box office report

Paramount’s animated feature Rango tops the weekend with the biggest debut of 2011thus far with an impressive $38 million.  Boasting an all-star voice cast led by Johnny Depp, the film is the first animated feature for special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, the company founded by George Lucas in 1975.  Families flocked to movie theatres to see the adventures of Rango, the chameleon hero sheriff of a lawless Wild West town.  Paramount’s recent animated releases How To Train Your Dragon and Megamind both posted solid debuts with $43.7 million and $46 million respectively and Rango nearly matched that level of success.