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'Shrek' better than 'Sex' with $43M at box office (AP)

LOS ANGELES - Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than for sex over Memorial Day weekend. DreamWorks Animation's sequel "Shrek Forever After" remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to Sunday. The film raised its domestic total to $133.1 million. That easily topped the Warner Bros. sequel "Sex and the City 2," which was No. 2 with a $32.1 million debut that came in far below the $56.8 million opening weekend of its predecessor two years ago. Along with a $14.2 million haul in its first day Thursday, "Sex and the City 2" has brought in $46.3 million. Debuting at No. 3 with $30.2 million was Disney's action tale "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." Even with bad reviews and a running time of nearly two and a half hours for "Sex and the City 2," many in Hollywood had expected the sequel to open at No. 1. But the fourth "Shrek" installment, itself opening far below the