Sunday, January 2, 2011

"TRUE GRIT" AIMS LASSO AT "FOCKERS" FOR TOP SPOT OF BOX OFFICE


Still from True Grit
Despite early predictions that True Grit would take the top spot at the Box Office this New Year`s Weekend, your top three is identical to that of the week prior.  Last week`s champion Little Fockers, took top spot with $26.3 million from 3,554 theatres over a determined True Grit which brought in $24.5 million from 3,083 theatres. 

Even though it hasn't exceeded expectations, Disney`s TRON: Legacy continues to perform consistently in third again with an estimated $18.3 million this weekend.  Another representative from the same studio Tangled 3-D lands in sixth - also v. consistent considering it is now in its fifth week of release, surviving a competitive Holiday release schedule.

The Fighter likely will surpass the $45 million mark this weekend in seventh, bringing in $10 million for Paramount Pictures, just ahead of two other Best Picture contenders in Black Swan (ninth - $8.4 million) and The King`s Speech (tenth - $7.6 million), the latter which just expanded to 700 theatres.  In Canada, both Fighter and Speech are distributed by Alliance Films, marking a successful last quarter which will also see expansions for Sofia Coppola`s Somewhere and Derek Cianfrance`s Blue Valentine in coming weeks.

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