Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 18/20 new #1 Limitless #4 The Lincoln Lawyer #5 Paul

1     (new)     Limitless / Youtube

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Andrew Howard - Aspiring author Eddie Morra's life changes when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a new drug that lets him tap his full potential.   (Relativity Media)

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2     (2)     Rango  /  Youtube 

Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring (the voices) Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy  -  Rango is a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet facing a major identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose in life is to blend in? When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt -- a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures -- the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt... until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.  (Paramount Pictures)

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3     (1)     Battle: Los Angeles / Youtube

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Adetokumboh M Cormack - For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world -- Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff...    (Sony Pictures Releasing)

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4    (new)    The Lincoln Lawyer / Youtube

Directed by Brad Furman and starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy     Ted Minton, Laurence Mason - Mickey Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.   (Lionsgate)

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5     (new)     Paul / Youtube

Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader - For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings. Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive...  (Universal Pictures)

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6     (3)     Red Riding Hood   / Youtube

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman - A Gothic imagining of the classic fairy tale in which a young woman is confronted by a werewolf, this time with a teenage love triangle at its center.   (Warner Bros Pictures)

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7     4     The Adjustment Bureau  /  Youtube 

Directed by George J. Nolfi and starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly - On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable... (Universal Pictures).
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8     (5)      Mars Needs Moms / Youtube

Directed by Simon Wells and starring Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Joan Cusack - Take out the trash, eat your broccoli - who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo embarks on a quest to save his mom - a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader....    (Walt Disney Studios Distribution)

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9     (6)     Beastly  /  Youtube 
Directed by Daniel Barnz and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Krause -  Kyle Kingson has it all - looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity - and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating "aggressively unattractive" classmates, he zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra, inviting her to the school's extravagant environmental bash. Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically... (CBS Films)

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10     (7)     Hall Pass / Youtube  
Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrell and starrying Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, Nicky Whelan,Richard Jenkins -  When Rick and Fred show signs of restlessness at home, their wives grant them a "hall pass," one week of freedom to do whatever they want... no questions asked.

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