Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) February 25/27 weekend - new #2 Hall Pass #9 Drive Angry 3D

1     (3)     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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2     (new)     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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3     (1)     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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4     (4)     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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5     (2)     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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6     (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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7     (7)     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)

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8     (5)     Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son  /  Youtube  
Directed by John P. Whitesell and starring Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love, Emily Rios -  FBI Agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls' school for the arts, after Trent witnesses a murder. They pose, respectively, as Big Momma and Charmaine, in order to find evidence incriminating the murderer before he finds them. (20th Century Fox)
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9     (new)     Drive Angry 3D / Youtube 
Directed by Patrick Lussier and starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse - Milton, a hardened felon has broken out of hell for one last chance at redemption. Intent on stopping a vicious cult who murdered his daughter, he has three days to stop them before they sacrifice her baby beneath a full moon. He's joined by Piper - a young, sexy waitress who liberates her ex-boyfriend's cherry-red muscle car in order to help Milton. Now, the two of them are hot on the trail...  
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10     (8)     The Roommate  / Youtube
Directed by Christian Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris - A deranged college freshman becomes obsessed with her new roommate.  (Screen Gems) 

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Weekend Box Office new trailers February 18/20 @ #1 Unknown #2 I Am Number Four #5 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) February 18/20 weekend

#1 Unknown - Trailer

WarnerBrosPictures | October 22, 2010 | 410 likes, 8 dislikes

Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife (January Jones) suddenly doesn't recognize him and another man (Aidan Quinn) has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired, and on the run.

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Aided by an unlikely ally (Diane Kruger), Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth.

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Academy Award® nominee Liam Neeson ("Schindler's List"), Diane Kruger ("Inglorious Basterds") and January Jones (TV's "Mad Men") star in the contemporary thriller "Unknown." The film also stars Aidan Quinn (TV's "The Book of Daniel"), Bruno Ganz ("The Reader") and Oscar® nominee Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon").

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The film was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan"), from a screenplay by Oliver Butcher & Steve Cornwell, based on the novel Out of My Head by Didier van Cauwelaert.

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"Unknown" is produced by Joel Silver, Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona. Susan Downey, Steve Richards, Sarah Meyer and Peter McAleese served as executive producers, with Richard Mirisch, Adam Kuhn, Charlie Woebcken, Christoph Fisser and Henning Molfenter co-producing.

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Collet-Serra's behind-the-scenes collaborators included director of photography Flavio Labiano, production designer Richard Bridgland, editor TimAlverson, and two-time Oscar®-nominated costume designer Ruth Myers ("Emma," "The Addams Family"). 

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"Unknown" was shot entirely in Germany, using Studio Babelsberg, the oldest large-scale studio complex in the world. Studio Babelsberg is also a co-producer on the film, under an agreement with Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Locations also included Berlin and Leipzig.
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Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Dark Castle Entertainment, a Panda Production. Opening nationwide on February 18, 2011, "Unknown" will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

#2 I Am Number Four

trailers | October 04, 2010 | 5,337 likes, 465 dislikes

Release Date: 18 February 2011
Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer, Jake Abel, Dianna Agron, Emily Wickersham
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi
Director: D.J. Caruso
Writer: James Frey, Alfred Gough
MPAA Rating: NA
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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John is an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four.

#5 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Movie Trailer Official (HD)

ClevverMovies | November 08, 2010 | 932 likes, 126 dislikes

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son hits theaters on February 18th, 2011.

Cast: Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love, Emily Rios, Portia Doubleday, Michelle Ang

In the latest adventure, FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old nephew, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son trailer courtesy 20th Century Fox.

Weekend Box Office Ranking (USA) February 18/20 weekend - new #1 Unknown #2 I Am Number Four #5 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

1     (new)     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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2     (new)    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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3     (3)     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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4     (1)     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)..5     (new)     Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son  /  Youtube  
Directed by John P. Whitesell and starring Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love, Emily Rios -  FBI Agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls' school for the arts, after Trent witnesses a murder. They pose, respectively, as Big Momma and Charmaine, in order to find evidence incriminating the murderer before he finds them. (20th Century Fox)
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6     (2)     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)..7     (6)     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)

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8     (5)    The Roommate  / Youtube

Directed by Christian Christiansen and starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Alyson Michalka, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris - A deranged college freshman becomes obsessed with her new roommate.  (Screen Gems)  .. 9     (4)     The Eagle  /  Youtube

Directed by Kevin MacDonald and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Donald Sutherland, Istvan Goz - In 2nd-Century Britain, two men - master and slave - venture beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest that will push them beyond the boundaries of loyalty and betrayal, friendship and hatred, deceit and heroism. In 140 AD, the Roman Empire extends all the way to Britain - though its grasp is incomplete, as the rebellious tribes of Caledonia (today's Scotland) hold......  (Focus Features)..10     (7)      No Strings Attached  /  Youtube 

     Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond - Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly "no strings attached." "No strings" means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as... (Paramount Pictures)

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