MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation‘s Shrek Forever After edged out Sex and the City 2 to cling on to the No. 1 spot at box-offices in the US. In its second weekend the film roped in $43.4 million till Sunday.

Box-office analysts were expecting Sex and the City 2 to take the No. 1 position, but it took the third place with an estimated haul of $37.1 million. On the other hand Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time took the No. 2 spot with a four-day haul of $37.7 million.

While Shrek Forever After was released by Paramount Pictures, Sex and the City 2 was distributed by Warner Bros. Prince of Persia was released by the film studio division of The Walt Disney Co.