Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 8/10 new #2 Arthur #3 Hanna #4 Soul Surfer #6 Your Highness

1     (1)     Hop / Youtube 
Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie - E.B. is the teenage son of the Easter Bunny, and on the eve of taking over the family business, he leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer.   (Universal Pictures)
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2     (new)     Arthur / Youtube

Directed by Jason Winer and starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Nick Nolte, Luis Guzman -  Jason WinerIrresponsible charmer Arthur Bach faces his biggest challenge -- choosing between an arranged marriage or an uncertain future with the only woman he has ever loved. (Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)

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3     (new)     Hanna / Youtube

Directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams -  Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets... (Focus Features)

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4     (new)     Soul Surfer / Youtube

Directed by Sean McNamara and starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Kevin Sorbo, Lorraine Nicholson - Bethany was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic, sun-drenched, surfer girl's life on the Kauai Coast, competing in national competitions with her best friend Alana, when everything changed in a heartbeat. On Halloween morning, Bethany was on a typical ocean outing when a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her... (Enticing Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict)

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5     (3)     Insidious / Youtube 
Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne - Shortly after moving, a family discovers that dark spirits have possessed their home and that their son has inexplicably fallen into a coma. Trying to escape the haunting and save their son, they move again only to discover that it was not their house that was haunted.   (FilmDistrict)

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6     (new)     Your Highness / Youtube

Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux - Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Thadeous has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious embark upon valiant journeys and win the... (Universal Pictures)

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7     (2)     Source Code / Youtube 
Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden - When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes...   (Summit Entertainment, LLC)

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8     (5)     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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9     (4)     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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10     (6)     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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Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 1/3 new #1 Hop #2 Source Code #3 Insidious

1     (new)     Hop / Youtube
Directed by Tim Hill and starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie - E.B. is the teenage son of the Easter Bunny, and on the eve of taking over the family business, he leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer.   (Universal Pictures)
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2     (new)     Source Code / Youtube
Directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden - When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes...   (Summit Entertainment, LLC)
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3     (new)      Insidious / Youtube
Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne - Shortly after moving, a family discovers that dark spirits have possessed their home and that their son has inexplicably fallen into a coma. Trying to escape the haunting and save their son, they move again only to discover that it was not their house that was haunted.   (FilmDistrict)
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4     (1)     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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5     (3)     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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6     (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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7     (2)     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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8     (5)     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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9     (6)     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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10     (7)     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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Weekend Box Office new trailers (USA) March 24/27 new #1Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules #2 Sucker Punch

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) March 25/27

 #1          Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules / Youtube

Uploaded by ClevverMovies on Mar 17, 2011

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules hits theaters on March 25th, 2011.

Cast: Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Karan Brar, Peyton List, Owen Best, Michelle Harrison, Grayson Russell, Laine MacNeil, Connor Fielding, Owen Fielding

In this sequel to 2010's surprise hit, Greg Heffley, the kid who made "wimpy" cool is back in an all-new family comedy based on the best-selling follow-up novel by Jeff Kinney. (Kinney's "Wimpy Kid" series has thus far sold 42 million books.) As he begins seventh grade, Greg and his older brother - and chief tormentor - Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules trailer courtesy 20th Century Fox.

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#2          Sucker Punch / Youtube

Uploaded by FilmonicTrailers on Nov 3, 2010 

 

The second official movie trailer for Sucker Punch which stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Carla Gugino, Jena Malone, and Jamie Chung.

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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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