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This week’s top movies, songs and books

By Diego Vasquez

May 6, 2013

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At the box office over the weekend ended May 5, “Iron Man 3″ opened at No. 1 with $175.3 million in ticket sales, followed by “Pain and Gain” with $7.6 million.

In DVD rentals for the week ended April 28, according to IMDb, “Django Unchained” was at No. 1 for the second week in a row, followed again by “This Is 40.”

On iTunes yesterday morning “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was at No. 1, followed by Pink’s “Just Give Me a Reason.”

And in books, “The Hit” by David Baldacci debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ paperback fiction best-sellers list for the week ended April 27, and it was also No. 1 on USA Today’s book chart for the week of May 2.

TOP MOVIES Weekend Box Office Estimates Weekend of May 3-5, 2013
Rank	MOVIE	Engagements	Box office (millions)
1	Iron Man 3 (BuenaVista)	4,253	$175.30
2	Pain and Gain (Paramount)	3,287	$7.60
3	42 (Warner Bros.)	3,345	$6.21
4	Oblivion (Universal)	3,430	$5.80
5	The Croods (Fox)	2,915	$4.23
6	The Big Wedding (Lionsgate)	2,633	$3.88
7	Mud (Roadside)	576	$2.15
8	Oz the Great and Powerful (BuenaVista)	1,160	$1.82
9	Scary Movie 5 (Weinstein)	1,857	$1.44
10	The Place Beyond the Pines (Focus)	1,162	$1.30
Source: Box Office Mojo

DVD RENTALS Week ending April 28, 2013
Rank	TITLE	Last week
1	Django Unchained	1
2	This Is 40	2
3	Parental Guidance	-
4	The Impossible	-
5	Life of Pi	3
6	Les Miserables	5
7	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	4
8	Lincoln	6
9	Zero Dark Thirty	8
10	Red Dawn	7
Source: IMDb

ITUNES TOP 10 SONG DOWNLOADS Week ended Monday, May 6, 2013
Rank	TITLE
1	Can’t Hold Us, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
2	Just Give Me a Reason, Pink
3	Mirrors, Justin Timberlake
4	I Love It, Icona Pop
5	Radioactive, Imagine Dragons
6	Come & Get It, Selena Gomez
7	Wagon Wheel, Darius Rucker
8	#thatPOWER, will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber
9	When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars
10	Boys ‘Round Here, Blake Shelton
Source: iTunes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS Week ending April 27, 2013
Fiction (hardback)
Rank	TITLE	Last week	Weeks on chart
1	The Hit by David Baldacci	-	1
2	Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts	1	2
3	Fly Away by Kristin Hannah	-	1
4	Paris by Edward Rutherfurd	-	1
5	Life After Life by Kate Atkinson	3	4
Nonfiction (hardback)
1	Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris	-	1
2	Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell	1	7
3	Cooked by Michael Pollan	-	1
4	Trident K9 Warriors by Mike Ritland with Gary Brozek	-	1
5	Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill	-	1
Fiction (paperback)
1	Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter	4	5
2	World War Z by Max Brooks	1	44
3	Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James	3	59
4	The Black Box by Michael Connelly	-	2
5	The Forgotten by David Baldacci	4	5
Nonfiction (paperback)
1	Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander	1	27
2	Wild by Cheryl Strayed	2	5
3	America the Beautiful by Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson	3	11
4	Waking Up in Heaven by Crystal McVea	-	2
5	American Sniper by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice	5	13
Source: New York Times

USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOKS Week of May 2, 2013
Rank	TITLE	Last week
1	The Hit by David Baldacci	-
2	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald	5
3	Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts	1
4	Fly Away by Kristin Hannah	-
5	Claim Me by J. Kenner	-
6	Damaged by H.M. Ward	2
7	Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris	-
8	Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines	-
9	The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken	4
10	Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella	-
Source: USA Today