Jake Johnson, Ashton Kutcher in Ivan Reitman’s No Strings Attached
Oscar Nominations Box-Office Help: THE KINGS’ SPEECH, THE FIGHTER, BLACK SWAN Soar on Tuesday
Natalie Portman-Ashton Kutcher’s romantic comedy No Strings Attached topped the North American box office on Tuesday with $1.87m according to Box Office Mojo.
Starring Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, and Christoph Waltz, Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet, grossed $1.19m at no. 2.
At no. 3, Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, starring Oscar nominees Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter, took in $1.05m.
At no. 4, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s True Grit drew $766k. The Coen brothers’ Western stars Oscar nominees Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld, in addition to Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.
Ron Howard’s The Dilemma, featuring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, and Channing Tatum, pulled in $691k at no. 5.
Next in line were Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman’s Black Swan with $672k at no. 6 and Mark Wahlberg-Christian Bale’s The Fighter with $466k at no. 7. Bale and fellow players Melissa Leo and Amy Adams received Oscar nominations in the supporting categories.
Robert De Niro-Owen Wilson-Ben Stiller’s comedy Little Fockers brought in $282km at no. 8. Little Fockers earned Barbra Streisand a Razzie nod.
Rounding out the top twelve were Jeff Bridges-Garrett Hedlund ’s TRON: Legacy with $250k, Dominic Sena-Nicolas Cage’s Season of the Witch with $203k, Gwyneth Paltrow-Tim McGraw-Garrett Hedlund’s Country Strong with $196k,Disney’s Tangled with $162k.
Country Strong was back among the top twelve after selling 32% more tickets compared to the day before. Eric Brevig’s Yogi Bear was thus pushed off of the top twelve chart.
Among the top-twelve movies, The King’s Speech had the highest per-theater average, $628. Tangled had the lowest, $87.
Also among the top twelve, ten movies were up while two were down on Tuesday. The King’s Speech posted the highest Monday-to-Tuesday attendance increase, +66%. Tangled posted the highest drop-off rate, -11.5%, followed by TRON: Legacy’s -1%.
Photo: No Strings Attached (Dale Robinette / Paramount Pictures)
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