Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) February 18/20 weekend - new #1 Unknown #2 I Am Number Four #5 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son



1     (new)     Unknown  /  Youtube   
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra  and starring Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella, Bruno Ganz -  Dr. Martin Harris awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife suddenly doesn't recognize him and another man has assumed his identity.   (Warner Bros. Pictures)  
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2     (new)    I Am Number Four 
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Directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand -  An extraordinary young man, John Smith, is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri, John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events -- his first love, powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who...(DreamWorks Studios)
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3     (3)     Gnomeo & Juliet  / Youtube

Directed by Kelly Asbury and starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas - Two garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors.   (Touchstone Pictures)
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4     (1)     Just Go With It  / Youtube


Directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Brooklyn Decker - A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie.  (Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group)
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5     (new)     Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son  /  Youtube  
Directed by John P. Whitesell and starring Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love, Emily Rios -  FBI Agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls' school for the arts, after Trent witnesses a murder. They pose, respectively, as Big Momma and Charmaine, in order to find evidence incriminating the murderer before he finds them. (20th Century Fox)
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6     (2)     Justin Bieber: Never Say Never  / Youtube


Directed by Jon Chu and starring Justin Bieber, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Scott Braun: - Teen pop idol Justin Bieber toplines his own biographical film, which reinacts his rise to stardom alongside real-life concert footage in this 3D production.   ( (Paramount Pictures/Justin Bieber Project)
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7     (6)     The King´s Speech / Youtube
Directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall - George VI, also known as Bertie, reluctantly takes the throne of England when his brother, Edward, abdicates in 1936. The unprepared king turns to a radical speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help overcome his nervous stutter and the two forge a friendship. ( The Weinstein Company)
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8     (5)    The Roommate  / Youtube

Directed by Christian Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris - A deranged college freshman becomes obsessed with her new roommate.  (Screen Gems)  
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9     (4)     The Eagle  /  Youtube

Directed by Kevin MacDonald and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Donald Sutherland, Istvan Goz - In 2nd-Century Britain, two men - master and slave - venture beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest that will push them beyond the boundaries of loyalty and betrayal, friendship and hatred, deceit and heroism. In 140 AD, the Roman Empire extends all the way to Britain - though its grasp is incomplete, as the rebellious tribes of Caledonia (today's Scotland) hold......  (Focus Features)
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10     (7)      No Strings Attached  /  Youtube 

     Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond - Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly "no strings attached." "No strings" means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as... (Paramount Pictures)

last week´s ranking in brackets




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