Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan
David Yates‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, was once again the no. 1 movie on the North American box-office chart on Tuesday, grossing $1.27m according to Box Office Mojo.
At no. 2, Disney’s animated fairy tale Tangled earned $1.25m, followed by the Cher-Christina Aguilera musical Burlesque with $712k at no. 3. Next in line was Edward Zwick’s romantic comedy-drama Love and Other Drugs, starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, with $601k at no. 4.
Tony Scott’s Unstoppable, starring Star Trek’s Chris Pine and Denzel Washington, collected $500k at no. 5. Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton’s Faster scored $400k at no. 6.
Todd Phillips‘ comedy Due Date, starring Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis, pulled in $386k at no. 7 while Paul Haggis-Russell Crowe’s The Next Three Days, up two spots, drew $287k at no. 8.
Rounding out the top twelve were DreamWorks’ 3D animated feature Megamind with $286k, Sngmoo Lee-Jang Dong-gun’s The Warrior’s Way with $259k, Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman’s Black Swan with $209k, Harrison Ford-Diane Keaton-Rachel McAdams‘ Morning Glory, back among the top twelve with $197k.
Gone from the top twelve on Tuesday was Danny Boyle-James Franco’s 127 Hours, which brought in $169k at no. 13.
Among the top-twelve movies, Black Swan had the highest per-theater average, the aforementioned $11,665. Morning Glory had the lowest, $87.
Also among the top twelve, Morning Glory posted the highest Monday-to-Tuesday attendance gains, +41%. Black Swan was the only one to go down on Tuesday — a minuscule -0.3%.
Photo: Black Swan (Niko Tavernise / Fox Searchlight)