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RANK	RLW	TITLE	RATING	TOP 12	STUDIO	SITE CHANGE	THEATRES	WK	F S S	3 DAY AVG	3 DAY CHG	TOTAL
BIUTIFUL ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS Starring: Javier Bardem Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Academy Award winner Javier Bardem plays a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. The latest film from Academy Award nominee Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (BABEL, AMORES PERROS), BIUTIFUL won the award for Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and is sure to be one of the most talked-about films of the year. 101	104	BIUTIFUL	R		ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS	0	11	65	n/a	n/a	0	$5,085,424
BLANK CITY INSURGENT Starring: Director: Celine Danhier Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: NR During the punk rock stage in the late '70s, downtown New York experienced a wave of "Do it yourself" independent filmmaking. 102	103	BLANK CITY	NR		INSURGENT	0	3	55	n/a	n/a	0	$75,310
BORN TO BE WILD WARNER BROS. Starring: Director: Genre: IMAX MPAA Rating: Since 1969, the animal orphanage at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy continues to be home to countless animals that were orphaned, injured or needed special care. Many are successfully returned to the wild. 103	82	BORN TO BE WILD			WARNER BROS.	0	57	55	n/a	n/a	0	$4,816,649
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE Warner Bros. Starring: Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 At forty-something, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream—good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his “perfect” life quickly unravels. Worse, in today’s single world, Cal, who hasn’t dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth. Now spending his free evenings sulking alone at a local bar, the hapless Cal is taken on as wingman and protégé to... 85	69	CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE	PG-13		Warner Bros.	0	1145	39	n/a	n/a	0	$80,770,000
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS SONY CLASSICS Starring: Adam Brody Greta Gerwig Director: Whit Stillman Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: PG-13 Distress is a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore). 86	70	DAMSELS IN DISTRESS	PG-13		SONY CLASSICS		0	3	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES Fox Starring: Steve Zahn Rachael Harris Director: David Bowers Genre: Kids/Family MPAA Rating: PG 87	71	DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES	PG		Fox	0	311	57	n/a	n/a	0	$51,635,700
HEY BOO FIRST RUN FEATURES Starring: Director: Mary Murphy Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: NR HEY, BOO explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. 123	119	HEY BOO	NR		FIRST RUN FEATURES	0	3	50	n/a	n/a	0	$5,457
HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN MAGNOLIA PICTURES Starring: Rutger Hauer Gregory Smith Director: Jason Eisener Genre: Action MPAA Rating: A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun. 122	120	HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN			MAGNOLIA PICTURES	0	3	51	n/a	n/a	0	$539,370
HOP Universal Starring: Russell Brand Director: Tim Hill Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG The Easter Bunny is accidentally hit by a car, and it's up to the offending driver to save Easter. 107	107	HOP	PG		Universal	0	459	56	n/a	n/a	0	$106,854,715
HORRIBLE BOSSES WARNER BROS. Starring: Colin Farrell Jason Bateman Director: Seth Gordon Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R Three friends decide to murder their overbearing bosses with disastrous results. 108	106	HORRIBLE BOSSES	R		WARNER BROS.	0	755	42	n/a	n/a	0	$112,733,095
HUGO Paramount Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen Ben Kingsley Director: Martin Scorsese Genre: Mystery MPAA Rating: PG Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and a robot. 109	93	HUGO	PG		Paramount	0	951	22	n/a	n/a	0	$49,500,000
I AM PALADIN Starring: Director: Tom Shadyac Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: NR 2/18 Portland, 3/11 LA, 3/18 New York Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it. 110	94	I AM	NR		PALADIN	0	67	62	n/a	n/a	0	$1,107,280
I AM NUMBER FOUR Walt Disney Starring: Sharlto Copley Alex Pettyfer Director: D.J. Caruso Genre: Sci-Fi MPAA Rating: PG-13 Nine alien teens come to Earth after their planet is destroyed by an enemy species. But soon discover that their enemy is now after them on Earth. 111	95	I AM NUMBER FOUR	PG-13		Walt Disney	0	102	62	n/a	n/a	0	$54,808,297
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT WEINSTEIN CO. Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker Pierce Brosnan Director: Douglas McGrath Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. 112	96	I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT			WEINSTEIN CO.	0	2490	32	n/a	n/a	0	$8,019,000
IDES OF MARCH SONY Starring: George Clooney Ryan Gosling Director: George Clooney Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon. 113	97	IDES OF MARCH	R		SONY	0	1391	29	n/a	n/a	0	$36,800,000
IMMORTALS Relativity Starring: Mickey Rourke John Hurt Director: Tarsem Singh Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. 114	98	IMMORTALS	R		Relativity	0	2299	24	n/a	n/a	0	$79,849,505
IN A BETTER WORLD SONY CLASSICS Starring: Ulrich Thomsen Mikael Persbrandt Director: Susanne Bier Genre: Foreign MPAA Rating: R A drama about a Holocaust survivor who meets his twin sister he thought died in the in the concentration camps. 115	99	IN A BETTER WORLD	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	51	56	n/a	n/a	0	$617,315
IN TIME FOX Starring: Justin Timberlake Amanda Seyfried Director: Andrew Niccol Genre: Sci-Fi MPAA Rating: PG-13 In the future people stop aging at 25 and must work to buy themselves more time, but when a young man finds himself with more time than he can imagine he must run from the corrupt police force to save his life. 116	100	IN TIME	PG-13		FOX	0	1367	26	n/a	n/a	0	$33,418,841
INCENDIES SONY CLASSICS Starring: Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Director: Denis Villeneuve Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love. 117	101	INCENDIES	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	33	53	n/a	n/a	0	$380,450
INSIDIOUS FILM DISTRICT Starring: Rose Byrne Patrick Wilson Director: James Wan Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: PG-13 A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. 118	102	INSIDIOUS	PG-13		FILM DISTRICT	0	762	56	n/a	n/a	0	$51,674,312
INTO ETERNITY International Film Circuit inc. Starring: Timo Äikäs Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm Director: Michael Madsen Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: NR Conceptual artist Michael Madsen’s film is a creepy, eerily elegant meditation on human folly, punctuated by philosophical and historical references, that asks: how do you keep 3,000 future generations from inadvertently opening this Pandora’s Box? 119	103	INTO ETERNITY	NR		International Film Circuit inc.	0	2	64	n/a	n/a	0	$34,298
HESHER Wrekin Hill Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Natalie Portman Director: Spencer Susser Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Hesher is a loner. He hates the world and everyone in it. He has long greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He is malnourished and smokes a lot of cigarettes. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van, until he meets TJ. 138	118	HESHER	R		Wrekin Hill	0	42	50	n/a	n/a	0	$126,046
HENRY'S CRIME MOVING PICTURES Starring: Keanu Reeves Vera Farmiga Director: Malcolm Venville Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing. 137	117	HENRY'S CRIME	R		MOVING PICTURES	0	2	55	n/a	n/a	0	$94,195
DOLPHIN TALE Warner Bros. Starring: Morgan Freeman Ashley Judd Director: Charles Martin Smith Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: PG Based on true events "Dolphin Tale" is a family film about Winter, a young dolphin who loses her tail in a crab trap and Sawyer, the introverted, 11-year old boy who befriends her. 105	72	DOLPHIN TALE	PG		Warner Bros.	0	1838	31	n/a	n/a	0	$67,007,000
DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK FILM DISTRICT Starring: Guy Pearce Katie Holmes Director: Troy Nixey Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own. 106	73	DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK	R		FILM DISTRICT	0	2251	35	n/a	n/a	0	$21,094,526
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX Universal Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: PG 124	74	DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX	PG		Universal	0	3264	8	n/a	n/a	0	$190,000,000
DREAM HOUSE UNIVERSAL Starring: Daniel Craig Rachel Weisz Director: Jim Sheridan Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling. 125	75	DREAM HOUSE	PG-13		UNIVERSAL	0	2172	30	n/a	n/a	0	$18,428,000
DRIVE Film District Starring: Ryan Gosling Carey Mulligan Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R Based on the James Sallis novel, is about a Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver in Los Angeles' criminal underworld. Having fallen in love with a beautiful neighbor (Mulligan), he agrees to help her ex-con husband and becomes embroiled in a heist gone terribly wrong. 126	91	DRIVE	R		Film District	0	1974	32	n/a	n/a	0	$27,050,799
DUMBSTRUCK TRULY INDIE Starring: Director: Mark Goffman Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: PG At the annual Vent Haven Convention in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, ventriloquism capital of the world, director Mark Goffman discovers five extraordinary characters straight out of a Christopher Guest mockumentary. But in this delightful, it's-all-true documentary, the characters are real, and so are the emotional attachments that they have with their "dummies." 127	92	DUMBSTRUCK	PG		TRULY INDIE	0	1	54	n/a	n/a	0	$9,434
EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES UNIVERSAL Starring: Drew Barrymore John Krasinski Director: Ken Kwapis Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: Based on the inspiring true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. 128	108	EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES			UNIVERSAL		0	15	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE WARNER BROS. Starring: Tom Hanks Sandra Bullock Director: Stephen Daldry Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player, and pacifist searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks. 12/25/11 Limited 1/20/12 WIDE 129	109	EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE			WARNER BROS.	0	2505	17	n/a	n/a	0	$27,000,000
FINAL DESTINATION 5 WARNER BROS. Starring: Director: Steven Quale Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death. 130	110	FINAL DESTINATION 5	R		WARNER BROS.	0	2085	37	n/a	n/a	0	$37,825,000
FOOTLOOSE Paramount Starring: Kenny Wormald Dennis Quaid Director: Craig Brewer Genre: Musical MPAA Rating: PG-13 A city boy comes to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. 131	111	FOOTLOOSE	PG-13		Paramount	0	1218	28	n/a	n/a	0	$50,141,000
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Sony Starring: Nicolas Cage Ciarán Hinds Director: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine Genre: Action MPAA Rating: PG-13 As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form. 132	112	GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE	PG-13		Sony	0	2487	10	n/a	n/a	0	$44,881,000
GONE SUMMIT Starring: Amanda Seyfried Wes Bentley Director: Heitor Dhalia Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor. 133	113	GONE	PG-13		SUMMIT	0	2186	9	n/a	n/a	0	$8,997,977
HAPPY FEET TWO Warner Bros. Starring: Matt Damon Brad Pitt Director: George Miller Genre: Animated MPAA Rating: G Mumble's son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat their home -- one that will take everyone working together to save them. 134	114	HAPPY FEET TWO	G		Warner Bros.	0	3536	23	n/a	n/a	0	$51,787,840
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Warner Bros. Starring: Emma Watson Daniel Radcliffe Director: David Yates Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 135	115	HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2	PG-13		Warner Bros.	0	1092	41	n/a	n/a	0	$374,580,000
HAYWIRE Relativity Starring: Gina Corano Ewan McGregor Director: Steven Soderbergh Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission. 136	116	HAYWIRE	R		Relativity	0	2441	14	n/a	n/a	0	$15,281,962
J. EDGAR WARNER BROS. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio Naomi Watts Director: Clint Eastwood Genre: Biography MPAA Rating: R As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. November 9th - Limited November 11th - WIDE 120	104	J. EDGAR	R		WARNER BROS.	0	1985	24	n/a	n/a	0	$32,661,000

BIUTIFUL

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

BLANK CITY

INSURGENT

BORN TO BE WILD

WARNER BROS.

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE

Warner Bros.

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

SONY CLASSICS

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES

Fox

HEY BOO

FIRST RUN FEATURES

HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

HOP

Universal

HORRIBLE BOSSES

WARNER BROS.

HUGO

Paramount

I AM

PALADIN

I AM NUMBER FOUR

Walt Disney

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT

WEINSTEIN CO.

IDES OF MARCH

SONY

IMMORTALS

Relativity

IN A BETTER WORLD

SONY CLASSICS

IN TIME

FOX

INCENDIES

SONY CLASSICS

INSIDIOUS

FILM DISTRICT

INTO ETERNITY

International Film Circuit inc.

HESHER

Wrekin Hill

HENRY'S CRIME

MOVING PICTURES

DOLPHIN TALE

Warner Bros.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

FILM DISTRICT

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX

Universal

DREAM HOUSE

UNIVERSAL

DRIVE

Film District

DUMBSTRUCK

TRULY INDIE

EVERYBODY LOVES WHALES

UNIVERSAL

EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

WARNER BROS.

FINAL DESTINATION 5

WARNER BROS.

FOOTLOOSE

Paramount

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

Sony

GONE

SUMMIT

HAPPY FEET TWO

Warner Bros.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

Warner Bros.

HAYWIRE

Relativity

J. EDGAR

WARNER BROS.