Shrek came out to be watched the most by movie audiences than its competing movies during the Memorial Day weekend.

Shrek which is an animated sequel by Dreamworks remained the hottest movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to Sunday. The film raised its domestic total to $133.1 million.

Warner Bros. sequel “Sex and the City 2” came out to be in the no. 2 spot with a $32.1 million debut. Along with a $14.2 million haul in its first day Thursday, “Sex and the City 2″ has brought in $46.3 million

Disney’s action tale “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” came at No. 3 with $30.2 million.

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 previous sequels, held up strongly in its second weekend. Family crowds continued to pack theaters for what is billed as the final big-screen tale.

The audience for “Sex and the City 2, were mainly women in which it reunites the stars of the HBO series —Sarah Jessica Parket, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon for an adventure in the middle east.

DreamWorks is hoping for a lengthy shelf life on “Shrek Forever After,” a fourth installment in the franchise that had critics wondering if audiences finally were growing tired of the big green ogre.