Via:Ballerstatus.com
It’s wasn’t the biggest weekend at movie theaters the past three days, but enough people wanted a little horror in their lives to give Anthony Hopkins new flick, “The Rite”, the top spot at this weekend’s box office.
The “Exorcist”-influenced movie — which has an American priest traveling to Italy to study at an exorcism school helmed by Hopkins — earned $15 million to bumped the previous weekend’s top movie, “No Strings Attached,” as well as other Oscar-nominated films.
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman’s “No Strings Attached” fell to #2 this week, earning $13.6 million.
The other debut this weekend, CBS Films’ action film, “The Mechanic,” starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster, opened with $11.5 million to tie for third place with superhero film “The Green Hornet.”
“The King’s Speech” comes in at #5 with $11.1 million, seeing the biggest increase after Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, jumping 41 percent from its performance last weekend.
And rounding at the top 5 was “True Grit” with $76 million, as it nears the $150 million mark.
That’s a wrap for this weekend. Next weekend, look out for the release of the Sony thriller “The Roommate,” and James Cameron’s new “Sanctum” film in 3D.
This weekend’s top 10 is as follows:
1 – “The Rite,” $15 million.
2 – “No Strings Attached,” $13.7 million.
3 – “The Green Hornet,” $11.5 million.
(tie) “The Mechanic, $11.5 million.
5 – “The King’s Speech,” $11.1 million.
6 – “True Grit,” $7.6 million.
7 – “The Dilemma,” $5.5 million.
8 – “Black Swan,” $5.1 million.
9 – “The Fighter,” $4.1 million.
10 – “Yogi Bear,” $3.2 million.
