the top ten movies in north america
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following are ticket sales for the top 10 movies
at the North American box office for the February 11-13 weekend, according
to studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.
1 (+) Just Go with It ................. $31.0 million 31.0 million
2 (+) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never .. $30.3 million 30.3 million
3 (+) Gnomeo and Juliet ............... $25.5 million 25.5 million
4 (+) The Eagle ........................ $8.6 million 8.6 million
[***] 5 (1) The Roommate ..................... $8.4 million 26.1 million
[***] 6 (4) The King's Speech ................ $7.4 million 93.9 million
[***] 7 (3) No Strings Attached .............. $5.6 million 59.9 million
[***] 8 (2) Sanctum .......................... $5.1 million 17.5 million
[---] 9 (8) True Grit ........................ $3.8 million 160.3 million
[***] 10(5) The Green Hornet ................. $3.6 million 92.3 million
NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. + indicates a new release.
Figures are rounded.
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FWIW, the $31 million earned by Just Go with It is one of the smaller
openings for an Adam Sandler film. Once we bracket off the "serious
actor" movies (like Reign Over Me and Spanglish), and once we bracket off
the films in which Sandler had a mere cameo (like Deuce Bigalow and The
Hot Chick), only three or four films have had smaller openings since The
Waterboy established Sandler as a major box-office draw back in 1998:
Adam Sandler opening weekends since 1998:
2002 Punch-Drunk Love (serious actor) $4.0 million
2007 Reign Over Me (serious actor) $7.5 million
2004 Spanglish (serious actor) $8.8 million
2002 Eight Crazy Nights (animated) $9.4 million
2000 Little Nicky $16.1 million
1998 The Wedding Singer $18.9 million
2009 Funny People (quasi-serious actor) $22.7 million
2008 Bedtime Stories $27.5 million
2011 *** JUST GO WITH IT *** $31.0 million
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry $34.2 million
2002 Mr. Deeds $37.2 million
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan $38.5 million
1998 The Waterboy $39.4 million
2004 50 First Dates $39.9 million
2006 Click $40.0 million
2010 Grown Ups $40.5 million
1999 Big Daddy $41.5 million
2003 Anger Management $42.2 million
2005 The Longest Yard $47.6 million
Meanwhile, Just Go with It also marks the 4th-biggest opening weekend for
Jennifer Aniston, following Marley & Me (2008, $36.4 million), The
Break-Up (2006, $39.2 million) and Bruce Almighty (2003, $68 million).
It also marks the 3rd-biggest opening weekend for Nicole Kidman, behind
Happy Feet (2006, $41.5 million) and Batman Forever (1995, $52.8 million).
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=adamsandler.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=jenniferaniston.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=nicolekidman.htm
Also FWIW, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never had the best opening weekend of
any documentary ever (beating Fahrenheit 9/11, 2004, $23.9 million) and
the 2nd-best opening weekend of any concert movie ever (slightly behind
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, 2008, $31.1 million).
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=weekend&id=3dconcertvs.htm
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/sandler-aniston-barely-beat-bieber-box-office-ap
LOS ANGELES - Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are America's box-office
sweethearts, but Justin Bieber is the valentine for teens.
The Valentine's Day weekend was a close one as Sandler and Aniston's
romantic comedy, "Just Go With It," debuted with $31 million, according to
studio estimates Sunday.
That was just ahead of the concert documentary "Justin Bieber: Never Say
Never," which opened a close second with $30.3 million.
Sony's "Just Go With It" and Paramount's "Never Say Never" were close
enough that the rankings could change when studios release final numbers
Monday.
The teen pop idol's flick exceeded industry expectations and nearly
matched the $31.1 million opening of 2008's "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus:
Best of Both Worlds Concert," the record-holder for music-documentary
debuts.
Another love story, Disney's animated adventure "Gnomeo & Juliet," opened
solidly at No. 3 with $25.5 million. The movie features the voices of
Emily Blunt and James McAvoy in a twist on "Romeo and Juliet" told with
garden gnomes.
The weekend's other new wide release, Focus Features' ancient Roman saga
"The Eagle," was No. 4 with $8.6 million. The film stars Channing Tatum
and Jamie Bell on a quest into the wilds of 2nd century Scotland.
Though Hollywood generally did strong business, revenues still were down
compared to the previous year's for the 14th weekend in a row.
Receipts came in at $149 million, off 27 percent from the same weekend a
year ago, when "Valentine's Day," "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The
Lightning Thief" and "The Wolfman" combined for debuts totaling nearly
$120 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
"We can't catch a break at the box office this year," said Hollywood.com
analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "Ordinarily, this would be a great weekend,
but last year, the first quarter was really strong."
"Just Go With It" is a romantic farce featuring Sandler and Aniston as
pals posing as a soon-to-be-divorced couple.
The movie maintained Sandler's steady record of box-office hits, pulling
in the over-25 crowd, while teen girls flocked to Bieber's film, which
gave "Just Go for It" a run for the No. 1 spot.
"It was a bit of a nail-biter," said Rory Bruer, Sony's head of
distribution. "But quite frankly, what you could see is that both movies
were going to do business. Overall, it was a pretty good movie-going
weekend."
While critics hated "Just Go With It," Bieber's "Never Say Never" earned
fairly good reviews. But audiences for music documentaries and concert
films are tough to track, and even some insiders at Paramount thought the
movie might do as little as $10 million over opening weekend, just a third
of what it actually delivered.
Adding in ticket sales from preview screenings Wednesday, the movie's
domestic total stood at $31 million.
"I've clearly caught the Bieber fever, and I don't think they were looking
for me. I don't think I was anywhere near their target audience," said Don
Harris, Paramount's executive vice president for distribution. "I caught
it when the grosses started coming in."
In limited release, Fox Searchlight's comedy "Cedar Rapids" debuted well
with $310,789 in 15 theaters, for a healthy average of $20,719 a cinema.
That compared to an average of $9,746 in 3,105 theaters for "Never Say
Never," $8,737 in 3,548 cinemas for "Just Go With It," $8,517 in 2,994
locations for "Gnomeo & Juliet" and $3,741 in 2,296 spots for "The Eagle."
"Cedar Rapids" stars Ed Helms as a naive insurance salesman who gets some
life lessons at a business conference. The movie gradually expands into
nationwide release over the next month.
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/movie-fans-catch-bieber-fever-box-offices-reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of teenage pop star Justin Bieber turned out
in solid numbers for his movie "Never Say Never," finishing a close second
to the comedy "Just Go With It" at North American box offices, according
to studio estimates on Sunday.
"Never Say Never," which looks at the 16-year-old Canadian singer's rise
to fame using concert film and video of his everyday life, took in $30.3
million, just short of $31 million for the Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston
romantic comedy "Just Go With It," also in its first weekend in theaters.
Including early previews ahead of the weekend, the Bieber film has raked
in a total $31 million in ticket sales.
Coming in No. 3 in the weekly sweepstakes at U.S. and Canadian movie
theater box offices was animated family film, "Gnomeo and Juliet" with
$25.5 million.
"Never Say Never" was distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom
Inc; "Just Go With It" by Columbia Pictures, a movie unit of Sony Corp;
and "Gnomeo and Juliet" by the film division of The Walt Disney Co.
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Bill Trott)
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm
The Domestic Top 30 of 2010 (as of February 13, 2011)
[***] 1 (1) Toy Story 3 (G) $415.0 million
[***] 2 (2) Alice in Wonderland (PG) $334.2 million
[***] 3 (3) Iron Man 2 (PG-13) $312.4 million
[***] 4 (4) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) $300.5 million
[***] 5 (6) Harry Potter and the Deathly ... (PG-13) $292.9 million
[***] 6 (5) Inception (PG-13) $292.6 million
[***] 7 (7) Despicable Me (PG) $251.5 million
[***] 8 (8) Shrek Forever After (PG) $238.7 million
[***] 9 (9) How to Train Your Dragon (PG) $217.6 million
[***] 10(10) Tangled (PG) $193.3 million
[***] 11(11) The Karate Kid (PG) $176.6 million
[***] 12(12) Tron Legacy (PG) $169.7 million
[***] 13(13) Clash of the Titans (PG-13) $163.2 million
[***] 14(14) Grown Ups (PG-13) $162.0 million
[---] 15(15) True Grit (PG-13) $160.3 million
[***] 16(16) Megamind (PG) $147.9 million
[***] 17(17) Little Fockers (PG-13) $147.2 million
[***] 18(18) The Last Airbender (PG) $131.8 million
[***] 19(19) Shutter Island (R) $128.0 million
[***] 20(20) The Other Guys (PG-13) $119.2 million
[***] 21(21) Salt (PG-13) $118.3 million
[***] 22(22) Jackass 3D (R) $117.2 million
[***] 23(23) Valentine's Day (PG-13) $110.5 million
[***] 24(24) Robin Hood (PG-13) $105.3 million
[***] 25(25) The Expendables (R) $103.1 million
[***] 26(26) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage ... (PG) $103.0 million
[***] 27(27) Due Date (R) $100.5 million
[---] 28(30) Black Swan (R) $99.4 million
[***] 29(28) Date Night (PG-13) $98.7 million
[***] 30(29) The Social Network (PG-13) $96.6 million
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2010&p=.htm
The Worldwide Top 30 of 2010 (as of February 13, 2011)
[***] 1 Toy Story 3 (G) 415.0 + 648.2 = 1063.2 million
[***] 2 Alice in Wonderland (PG) 334.2 + 690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 3 Harry Potter and the ... (PG-13) 292.9 + 654.8 = 947.7 million
[***] 4 Inception (PG-13) 292.6 + 531.0 = 823.6 million
[***] 5 Shrek Forever After (PG) 238.7 + 511.2 = 750.0 million
[***] 6 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 300.5 + 393.0 = 693.6 million
[***] 7 Iron Man 2 (PG-13) 312.4 + 309.6 = 622.1 million
[***] 8 Despicable Me (PG) 251.5 + 292.2 = 543.7 million
[***] 9 How to Train Your Dragon (PG) 217.6 + 277.3 = 494.9 million
[***] 10 Clash of the Titans (PG-13) 163.2 + 330.0 = 493.2 million
[***] 11 Tangled (PG) 193.3 + 285.1 = 478.4 million
[***] 12 The Chronicles of Narnia: ... (PG) 103.0 + 272.4 = 375.4 million
[***] 13 Tron Legacy (PG) 169.7 + 203.7 = 373.4 million
[***] 14 The Karate Kid (PG) 176.6 + 182.5 = 359.1 million
[***] 15 Prince of Persia: The ... (PG-13) 90.8 + 244.4 = 335.2 million
[***] 16 Robin Hood (PG-13) 105.3 + 216.4 = 321.7 million
[***] 17 The Last Airbender (PG) 131.8 + 187.4 = 319.1 million
[***] 18 Megamind (PG) 147.9 + 169.9 = 317.7 million
[***] 19 Little Fockers (PG-13) 147.2 + 157.2 = 304.4 million
[***] 20 Resident Evil: Afterlife (R) 60.1 + 236.1 = 296.2 million
[***] 21 Shutter Island (R) 128.0 + 166.8 = 294.8 million
[***] 22 Salt (PG-13) 118.3 + 175.2 = 293.5 million
[***] 23 Sex and the City 2 (R) 95.3 + 193.0 = 288.3 million
[***] 24 The Expendables (R) 103.1 + 171.4 = 274.5 million
[***] 25 Grown Ups (PG-13) 162.0 + 109.4 = 271.4 million
[***] 26 Knight and Day (PG-13) 76.4 + 185.5 = 261.9 million
[***] 27 Percy Jackson & the ... (PG) 88.8 + 137.7 = 226.5 million
[***] 28 The Tourist (PG-13) 66.8 + 158.4 = 225.3 million
[***] 29 The Social Network (PG-13) 96.6 + 121.5 = 218.1 million
[***] 30 Valentine's Day (PG-13) 110.5 + 106.0 = 216.5 million
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/
The Domestic Top 10 of All Time (as of February 13, 2011)
[*2*] 1 Avatar (2009) $760.5 million
[*2*] 2 Titanic (1997) $600.8 million
[***] 3 The Dark Knight (2008) $533.3 million
[*7*] 4 Star Wars (1977) $461.0 million
[***] 5 Shrek 2 (2004) $441.2 million
[*4*] 6 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $435.1 million
[*3*] 7 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431.1 million
[***] 8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $423.3 million
[***] 9 Toy Story 3 (2010) $415.0 million
[*2*] 10 Spider-Man (2002) $403.7 million
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
The Worldwide Top 10 of All Time (as of February 13, 2011)
[*2*] 1 Avatar (2009) 760.5 + 2021.7 = 2782.2 million
[*2*] 2 Titanic (1997) 600.8 + 1242.4 = 1843.2 million
[*4*] 3 The Lord of the Rings: ... (2003) 377.0 + 742.1 = 1119.1 million
[***] 4 Pirates of the ... Chest (2006) 423.3 + 642.9 = 1066.2 million
[***] 5 Toy Story 3 (2010) 415.0 + 648.2 = 1063.2 million
[***] 6 Alice in Wonderland (2010) 334.2 + 690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 7 The Dark Knight (2008) 533.3 + 468.6 = 1001.9 million
[*2*] 8 Harry Potter and the ... (2001) 317.6 + 657.2 = 974.7 million
[***] 9 Pirates of the ... End (2007) 309.4 + 651.6 = 961.0 million
[***] 10 Harry Potter and the ... (2010) 292.9 + 654.8 = 947.7 million
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