Monday, March 7, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 4/6 weekend - new #1 Rango #2 The Adjustment Bureau #3 Beastly



1     (new)     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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.2     (new)     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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    (new)     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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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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5     (2)     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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6     (3)     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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7     (8)     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)

8     (5)     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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9     (4)    I Am Number Four Youtube
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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10     (6)     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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last week´s ranking in brackets



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