Monday, March 28, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 25/27 new #1Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules #2 Sucker Punch



 1     (new)     Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules / Youtube
Directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron - Greg is back with problems new and old. Greg chronicles a hilarious litany of problems, alternating between home and school, focusing this time on the particular punishments of his reprobate older brother, Rodrick. Whether Greg is suffering on the swim team or trying out for the K-12 school talent show as Magician's Assistant to a First Grader, his escapades are united by his struggle to avoid...     (20th Century Fox Distribution)   
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2     (new)     Sucker Punch / Youtube
Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm - A young girl's dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality  (Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
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3     (1)     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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4     (4)     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    (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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6     (3)     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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7     (5)     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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8     (6)     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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9     (7)     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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10     (8)     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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