'Lorax' outraces 'Carter' at box office

"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" has easily beaten Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter" at the weekend box office, The Associated Press reports.

Studio estimates yesterday put Universal Pictures' "The Lorax" at No. 1 for the second-straight weekend as the animated adventure based on the children's book took in $39.1 million. That raised its 10-day domestic total to $122 million, making "The Lorax" the top-grossing movie released this year.

"John Carter," based on "Tarzan" creator Burroughs' tales of the interplanetary adventurer, opened in second-place with $30.6 million -- an awful start given the whopping $250 million that Disney reportedly spent to make the film that also earned generally poor reviews.