The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) released its top U.S. box office estimates for the weekend starting February 25, 2011.
The top U.S. box office film for the weekend are: Disney's Gnomeo & Juliet; Warner Bros.'s Hall Pass; Warner Bros.'s Unknown; Sony's Just Go With It; Disney's I Am Number Four; Paramount's Justin Bieber: Never Say Never; The Weinstein Company's The King's Speech; 20th Century Fox's Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son; Summit Entertainment's Drive Angry 3D; and Sony's The Roommate.
Walt Disney's animated 3-D family film Gnomeo & Juliet topped the box office estimate with a gross of $14.213 million of its third weekend, bringing its total to $75.147 million.
Walt Disney's animated 3-D family film "Gnomeo & Juliet" topped the box office estimate with a gross of $14.213 million of its third weekend, bringing its total to $75.147 million. The movie, which was released on Feb. 11, is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".The film is directed by Kelly Asbury, and the two main characters are voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. The movie focuses on two garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, who try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors.IMP AwardsWarner Bros.'s comedy film "Hall Pass" received good response during the opening weekend with a weekend gross of $13.42 million.The film, which was released on Feb. 25, is produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers and co-written by them along with with Pete Jones, the writer/director of Stolen Summer. It stars Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Merchant, Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate.A married man is granted the opportunity to have an affair by his wife. Joined in the fun by his best pal, things get a little out of control when both wives start engaging in extramarital activities as well.IMP AwardsWarner Bros.'s thriller film "Unknown" earned $12.435 million in its second weekend of release, bringing its total to a solid $42.84 million. The film, which was released on Feb. 18, was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella.Unknown movie is based on the 2003 French novel published in English as Out of My Head by Didier van Cauwelaert. The story revolves around a man who awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.IMP AwardsSony’s romantic comedy "Just Go With It" took fourth place with $11.1 million against a small 40 percent third weekend drop and a total domestic tally of $79.355 million. The film stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The film was released on February 11, Aniston's 42nd birthday.The film is based on the 1969 film "Cactus Flower", which was adapted from an earlier Broadway stage play, written by Abe Burrows, which in turn was based upon the French play Fleur de cactus.Plot summary: On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend.IMP AwardsDisney's teen science fiction film "I Am Number Four" took fifth place with $11.036 million against a 43 percent second weekend drop and a total domestic tally of $37.744 million. The film was directed by D. J. Caruso, and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand, and Callan McAuliffe.The film is based on the novel I Am Number Four, written by Jobie Hughes and James Frey, with an adapted screenplay by Al Gough, Miles Millar, and Marti Noxon. The film, which was released on Feb. 18, is produced by Michael Bay through DreamWorks.Plot summary: John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four.IMP AwardsParamount's 3-D documentary "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" took sixth place with $9.2 million against a 31 percent third weekend drop and a total domestic tally of $62.776 million. The documentary centers on the singer Justin Bieber, which was released on February 11. This is the first G-rated film for MTV Films and Insurge Pictures.Plot summary: The film follows the pop star Justin Bieber with footage of performances from his 2010 My World Tour. It also includes scenes of Bieber as a young child, taken from home videos.IMP AwardsThe Weinstein Company's historical British drama "The King's Speech" that can be heard around the U.S. is rocking in the seventh place with $7.618 million, a 17 percent fourteenth weekend growth and a total domestic tally of $114.509 million. The film stands this weekend's highest total gross.The 2010 British film was directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler, starring Colin Firth as King George VI, Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Queen Elizabeth and Geoffrey Rush as speech therapist Lionel Logue. The film was released in the United States on December 24, 2010 and in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2011.It won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture and the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award. It was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs, of which it won seven; twelve Academy Awards nominations, of which it won four; and seven Golden Globes, with Colin Firth winning for Best Actor.Plot summary: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.IMP Awards20th Century Fox's crime comedy film "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son" or "Big Momma's House 3" took eighth place with $7.55 million against a 54 percent second weekend drop and a total domestic tally of $28.574 million. The film was directed by John Whitesell and written by Matthew Fogel and Don Rhymer.The film, which was released on Feb. 18, is the second sequel to Big Momma's House (2000) and starring Martin Lawrence reprising his role as FBI agent Malcolm Turner. This is the first Big Momma film to be presented in 2.35:1 widescreen.The film is intended to reboot the series with a new lead character as well as appealing to a teenage audience as opposed to the first film's more mature target audience, although the previous film Big Momma's House 2 was more family-oriented.Plot summary: FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) and his 17-year-old stepson Trent Pierce (Brandon Jackson) go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. They pose, respectively, as Big Momma and Charmaine, in order to find evidence incriminating the murderer before he finds them.IMP AwardsSummit Entertainment's action film "Drive Angry 3D" took the ninth place during the opening weekend with 5.13 million. The film, which was released on Feb. 25, was directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Michael De Luca, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard.Plot summary: A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.IMP AwardsSony's thriller film "The Roommate" took the last place with $2 million against a 49 percent fourth weekend drop and a total domestic tally of $35.928 million. The film, which was released on Feb. 4, was directed by Christian Christiansen and starring Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Danneel Harris, Cam Gigandet, and Alyson Michalka.Plot summary: College student Sara finds that her new roommate Rebecca has an obsession with her, which quickly turns violent.IMP Awards
