Shutter Island races to number one at the box office
LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP) — Director Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island clung to its number-one box-office position for the second weekend running, netting US$22.2 million from Friday to Sunday, estimated figures showed.
The critically acclaimed police mystery, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, raked in US$75.1 million since its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, according to preliminary data from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
The latest Bruce Willis police-action comedy flick, Cop Out, opened in second place with US$18.6 million. Willis and partner-detective played by Tracy Morgan go through several wacky adventures in this Warner Bros flix directed by Kevin Smith.
In third place was also newcomer, The Crazies, about the military’s containment of a man-made virus that causes permanent insanity and death. Starring Timothy Olyphant, it pulled in US$16.5 million in its opening weekend.
In fourth place, but still raking in millions, was science-fiction epic Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time with more than US$2billion worldwide. In its 11th week on North American release, Canadian James Cameron’s film made another US$14 million
The Oscar-nominated movie is followed by mythological adventure-fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, based on Rick Riordan’s book and starring Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman. The movie earned US$9.8 million in its third week.
Romantic ensemble Valentine’s Day, starring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba amongst others scooped $US9.5 million in its third week for sixth place.
Seventh place went to romantic tearjerker Dear John, an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, which pulled in US$5 million in its fourth week.
The Wolfman, a remake of the lycanthrope legend starring Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, took US$4.1 million for eighth place in its third week.
Ninth place was occupied by the Dwayne Johnson comedy The Tooth Fairy with US$3.5 million in its sixth week.
And bringing up the rear, in 10th place was Crazy Heart, a low-budget drama about a washed-up country singer struggling to rebuild his career, starring Jeff Bridges in the Oscar-nominated lead role. The film earned $US2.5 million dollars in its 11th week.