Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) January 14/16 weekend - new #1 The Green Hornet



1  (new)  The Green Hornet  /  Youtube
Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour - Britt Reid, son and heir to Los Angeles' largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato. They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid's shadow.......(Sony Pictures Releasing)
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2 (1)  True Grit / Youtube
Directed by Ethan Coen and starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Bruce Green (II), Roy L. Jones - Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross's father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney, and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, she sets out with him -- over his objections -- to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory and find him before a Texas Ranger named...  (Paramount Pictures)
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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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4 (5)  Black Swan / Youtube
Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder - Nina is a featured dancer in the New York City Ballet who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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Directed by Paul Weitz and starring Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner - The test of wills between Jack Byrnes and Greg Focker escalates to new heights. It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get "in" with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, however, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire...   (Universal Pictures)
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6 (4)  TRON: Legacy  / Youtube
Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, James Frain, Beau Garrett - Sam Flynn finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years 
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7 (9)  Yogi Bear / Youtube
Directed by Eric Brevig and starring (Voices) Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Christine Taylor - Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris, Anna Faris - Faced with his biggest challenge ever, Yogi must prove that he really is "smarter than the average bear" as he and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith to save Jellystone Park from closing forever.  (Warnerbros)
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Directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams, Jack McGee - Life story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer brother Dick Eklund, chronicling the brothers' early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. (Paramount Pictures)
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Directed by Dominic Sena and Starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Ulrich Thomsen - A medieval knight undertakes a mission pitting him against a devious witch and making him the last hope for the world against an ancient and dark force. His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behmen returns to central Europe to find his homeland decimated by the Black Plague. While searching for food and supplies at the Palace at Marburg, Behmen and his trusted companion, Felson are apprehended...  (Relativity Media)
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10 (10)  Tangled / Youtube
Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard starring (voices) Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett - When the charming bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

last week´s ranking in brackets


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