Monday, May 23, 2011

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) May 20 / 22 new #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides




1     (new)     Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides  /  Youtube
Directed by Rob Marshall and starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Sam Claflin - Captain Jack Sparrow unexpectedly finds himself on an adventure with the fierce pirate Blackbeard and a woman from his past - (Disney)
    .
.
2     (2)     Bridesmaids Youtube
Directed by Paul Feig and starring Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd, Maya Rudolph, Ellie Kemper - Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love.   (Universal Pictures)
.
.
3     (1)     Thor  /  Youtube
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgard -  Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, is cast down to Earth among humans where learns what it takes to be a true hero.  (Paramount Pictures)
.
.
4     (3)     Fast FiveYoutube
Directed by Justin Lin and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges -  On the run in Rio de Janeiro, Brian O'Conner and Dom Toretto must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. 
.
.
5     (5)     Rio  / Youtube
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement - Blu is a domesticated Macaw who never learned to fly, and enjoys a comfortable life with his owner and best friend Linda in the small town of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Blu and Linda think he?s the last of his kind, but when they learn about another macaw who lives in Rio de Janeiro, they head to the faraway and exotic land to find Jewel, Blu's female counterpart. Not long after they arrive, Blu and Jewel... (20th Century Fox Distribution)
.
.
6     (4)     Priest  /  Youtube
Directed by Scott Charles Stewart and starring Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins - A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend,... (Sony Pictures Releasing)
.
.
7     (6)     Jumping the Broom  /  Youtube
Directed by Salim Akil and starring Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Tasha Smith - A collision of worlds when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding. Taylor is caught in a six-month whirlwind romance that includes nights at the opera, long-stem roses and live performances from R&B crooner El DeBarge and proposes to Watson at the beginning of the film. Watson, who has to move to China for business, happily accepts. But doubts about their impending marriage begin to seep in when they confront difficult future in-laws, pressure from friends, and revelations of dirty secrets.  (Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group)
.
   . 
8     (7)     Something Borrowed  /  Youtube
Directed by Luke Greenfield and starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski, Steve Howey -  Rachel is a talented attorney at a top New York law firm, a generous and loyal friend and, unhappily, still single as her engaged best friend Darcy is constantly reminding her. But after one drink too many at her 30th birthday party, perpetual good girl Rachel unexpectedly ends up in bed with the guy she's had a crush on since law school, Dex, who just happens to be Darcy's fiance. When Rachel and... (Warner Bros. Pictures)
.
.
9     (8)     Water for Elephants / Youtube
Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton - Jacob Jankowski is about to take his final exams in veterinary medicine at Cornell when his parents are killed in a car accident. He drops out and joins Benzini Brothers, a second-rate traveling circus trying to survive during the Depression.   (Fox 2000)
.
.
10     (9)     Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family / Youtube
Directed by Tyler Perry and starring Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad 'Bow Wow' Gregory Moss, Cassi Davis (II), Isaiah Mustafa -  Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is...   (Lionsgate)
 .
last week´s ranking in brackets




No comments: