''Shrek 2'''s box office victory was a foregone conclusion; the only question was: Just how much green would the ogre gross? Answer: $104.3 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates, and $125.3 million total since it opened last Wednesday. That fairy-tale opening, on an unprecedented 4,163 screens, set a number of records, giving the sequel the biggest five-day opening ever (ringing up slightly more than ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'''s $124.1 million), the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated movie (far out-netting ''Finding Nemo'''s $70 million), and the biggest single day of business ever on Saturday, earning $44.8 million, beating ''Spider-Man,'' which ensnared $43.6 million on its second day of release.
Last week's box office victor, ''Troy,'' was brought to heel on receipts of $23.8 million, a drop of about half from last week's take. Third-place ''Van Helsing'' scared up another $10.1 million, another 50 percent drop, and just barely cracked the $100 million mark after its third weekend in release. Rounding out the top five were ''Mean Girls'' ($6.9 million) and ''Man on Fire'' ($3.5 million). Meanwhile, Morgan Spurlock's documentary ''Super Size Me,'' about his 30-day all-McDonald's diet, broke into the top 10 in 10th place, grossing $953,400. It's good for theater owners that ''Super Size Me'' is selling tickets; we bet they're not selling too much popcorn or nachos wherever this movie is playing.
