Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, True Grit
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s True Grit remained the no. 1 movie at the US/Canada box office on Thursday, Jan. 13, according to Box Office Mojo. StarringCritics Choice Award’s Best Newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin, True Grit took in $1.37m.
At no. 2 for the fourth day in a row, Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman’s Black Swan pulled in $960k. The psychological drama co-stars Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder. Portman was the Broadcast Film Critics’ Best Actress.
At no. 3, Little Fockers collected $845k. Directed by Paul Weitz, Little Fockers stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, and Jessica Alba. As far as I know, Little Fockers hasn’t won or been nominated for anything. (The Razzies will be announced in a week or so. Things may change then.)
The widely panned comedy was followed by Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Legacy, starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, with $762k at no. 4.
Colin Firth-Geoffrey Rush’s The King’s Speech collected $751k, up one spot at no. 5. Earlier this evening, Firth was voted Best Actor at the Critics Choice Awards. Down one spot, Mark Wahlberg-Christian Bale’s The Fighter grossed $723k at no. 6. The Fighter won three Critics Choice Awards: Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actor (Bale), and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo).
At no. 7, Dominic Sena’s Nicolas Cage vehicle Season of the Witch earned $654k. It was followed by Shana Feste’s Country Strong, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, and Garrett Hedlund, with $542k at no. 8.
Rounding out the top twelve were Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp’s The Tourist with $368k, Eric Brevig’s Yogi Bear with $352k, Disney’s Tangled with $330k, Michael Apted’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with $318k.
Among the top-twelve movies, The King’s Speech had the highest per-theater average, $991. Yogi Bear had the lowest, $107.
Also among the top twelve, nine movies were up on Thursday. The King’s Speech posted the highest Wednesday-to-Thursday attendance increase, +11%.
Country Strong, Season of the Witch and Yogi Bear were the only three movies that posted drop-off rates, however minor — all below 1%.
Photo: True Grit (Wilson Webb / Paramount Pictures)