Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 22/24 new #2 Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family #3 Water for Elephants #6 African Cats

1     (1)     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)
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2     (new)     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)
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3     (new)     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)
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4     (3)     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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5     (2)     Scream 4  / Youtube
Directed by Wes Craven and starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin - Plot details are being kept very secret David Arquette interviewed on tv saying that 4 is the best one yet  (Dimension Films)
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6     (new)     African Cats / Youtube
Directed by Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill and starring Samuel L. Jackson -  An epic true story set against the backdrop of one of the wildest places on Earth, "African Cats" captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother's strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang,...     (Disneynature)
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7     (5)     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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8     (7)     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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9     (4)     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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10     (8)     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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Weekend Box Office new trailers April 15/17 weekend - new @ #1 Rio #2 Scream 4 #9 Conspirator

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) April 15/17 - the top ten

#1     (new)     Rio  / Youtube


Uploaded by officialriomovie on Jan 31, 2011

 Release Date: 8 April 2011
Genre: Animation | Adventure
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Kate del Castillo
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Don Rhymer
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Plot:

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
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#2     (new)     Scream 4  / Youtube

Uploaded by clevverTV on Oct 22, 2010

Scream 4 hits theaters on April 15th, 2011.

Cast: Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Adam Brody, Marley Shelton, Erik Knudsen, Brian Cox, Simon Gruber, Bianca Cutrona, Nico Tortorella, Alison Brie, Mary McDonnell, Anthony Anderson

The horror series that reignited the genre and grossed more than $500 million worldwide is back! From Kevin Williamson, creator of the original Scream trilogy, the new film sees the return of cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette along with a group of new stars, who can all hopefully stay alive long enough to figure out the new rules to this one-of-a-kind horror franchise!
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9     (new)     Conspirator  / Youtube

Uploaded by trailers on Apr 11, 2011

Release Date: 15 April 2011
Genre: Drama
Cast: Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson
Directors: Robert Redford
Writer: James D. Solomon,
MPAA: PG-13
Studio: Roadside Attractions

Plot:

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

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"Scream 4" trailer - in UK Cinemas Friday 15th April 2011 - Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin.

Uploaded by clevverTV on Jan 24, 2011

Scream 4 hits theaters on April 15, 2011.

Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, David Arquette, Adam Brody, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie

In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (played by Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

The newest installment in the acclaimed franchise that ushered in a new wave of horror in the 1990s is written by series creator Kevin Williamson and directed by suspense master and director of the first trilogy, Wes Craven. The film stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox-Arquette, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, Marielle Jaffe, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin, Lucy Hale, Shanae Grimes, Aimee Teegarden and Brittany Robertson.

Scream 4 trailer courtesy Dimension Films.