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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
THIS MEANS WAR FOX Starring: Reese Witherspoon Tom Hardy Director: McG Genre: Action MPAA Rating: PG-13 Two CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they both fall in love with the same woman. 54	47	THIS MEANS WAR	PG-13		FOX	0	1188	14	n/a	n/a	0	$52,284,737
TITANIC 3D PARAMOUNT Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: PG-13 55	53	TITANIC 3D	PG-13		PARAMOUNT	0	2125	7	n/a	n/a	0	$52,828,017
TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS LIONSGATE Starring: Tyler Perry Thandie Newton Director: Tyler Perry Genre: Romantic MPAA Rating: PG-13 Right before his wedding, an affluent man (Perry) develops complicating feelings for a single mom. 56	54	TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS	PG-13		LIONSGATE	0	1516	13	n/a	n/a	0	$30,542,449
WAR HORSE WALT DISNEY Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch Emily Watson Director: Steven Spielberg Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend. 59	57	WAR HORSE	PG-13		WALT DISNEY	0	2525	21	n/a	n/a	0	$72,285,180
WARRIOR LIONSGATE Starring: Nick Nolte Tom Hardy Director: Gavin O Connor Genre: Action MPAA Rating: PG-13 An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. 76	58	WARRIOR	PG-13		LIONSGATE	0	1883	37	n/a	n/a	0	$9,912,300
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING LIONSGATE Starring: Cameron Diaz Chris Rock Director: Kirk Jones Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn't always deliver what's expected. 5	new	WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING	PG-13	7.77%	LIONSGATE		3476	1	$10,547,068	$3,034	0	$10,547,068
WRATH OF THE TITANS WARNER BROS. Starring: Sam Worthington Liam Neeson Director: Jonathan Liebesman Genre: MPAA Rating: PG-13 47	75	WRATH OF THE TITANS	PG-13		WARNER BROS.	0	2502	8	n/a	n/a	0	$77,136,000
21 JUMP STREET SONY Starring: Jonah Hill Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R An undercover police unit consisting of young looking officers infiltrate high schools to control youth crime. 78	91	21 JUMP STREET	R		SONY	0	1040	10	n/a	n/a	0	$133,985,000
A DANGEROUS METHOD SONY CLASSICS Starring: Keira Knightley Viggo Mortensen Director: David Cronenberg Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. 97	76	A DANGEROUS METHOD	R		SONY CLASSICS		0	26	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
ACT OF VALOR RELATIVITY Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: R 100	97	ACT OF VALOR	R		RELATIVITY	0	1239	13	n/a	n/a	0	$68,000,000
AMERICAN REUNION UNIVERSAL Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: R 101	98	AMERICAN REUNION	R		UNIVERSAL	0	2154	7	n/a	n/a	0	$53,568,665
BAD TEACHER SONY Starring: Cameron Diaz Justin Timberlake Director: Jake Kasdan Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher. 102	99	BAD TEACHER	R		SONY	0	2034	48	n/a	n/a	0	$97,069,309
BARNEY'S VERSION SONY CLASSICS Starring: Paul Giamatti Dustin Hoffman Director: Richard J. Lewis Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky. 103	100	BARNEY'S VERSION	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	7	71	n/a	n/a	0	$7,470,660
BEGINNGERS FOCUS Starring: Ewan McGregor Christopher Plummer Director: Mike Mills Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover. 107	104	BEGINNGERS	R		FOCUS	0	157	51	n/a	n/a	0	$4,801,188
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. 110	107	BIUTIFUL	R		ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS	0	11	69	n/a	n/a	0	$5,085,424
CARNAGE SONY CLASSICS Starring: Jodie Foster Kate Winslet Director: Roman Polanski Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R Tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl. 96	110	CARNAGE	R		SONY CLASSICS		0	23	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
CASA DE MI PADRE LIONSGATE Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: R 95	46	CASA DE MI PADRE	R		LIONSGATE	0	475	10	n/a	n/a	0	$3,948,252
CEREMONY Magnolia Pictures Starring: Uma Thurman Lee Pace Director: Max Winkler Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R A young guy crashes the wedding of the thirty-something woman he wants back. 80	93	CEREMONY	R		Magnolia Pictures	0	4	59	n/a	n/a	0	$21,666
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH KINO Starring: Ye Liu Yuanyuan Gao Director: Chuan Lu Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, killing as many as 300,000 citizens during a six-week reign of terror, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day. 83	79	CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH	R		KINO	0	1	54	n/a	n/a	0	$7,947
CONAN THE BARBARIAN LIONSGATE Starring: Stephen Lang Jason Momoa Director: Marcus Nispel Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R After his father is brutally murdered and village destroyed, Conan ventures into an unforgiving world where he survives as a thief, pirate, and warrior. 86	82	CONAN THE BARBARIAN	R		LIONSGATE	0	3015	40	n/a	n/a	0	$16,575,575
CONTRABAND UNIVERSAL Starring: Mark Wahlberg Giovanni Ribisi Director: Baltasar Kormákur Genre: MPAA Rating: R To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. 89	85	CONTRABAND	R		UNIVERSAL	0	2047	19	n/a	n/a	0	$59,750,000
CORIOLANUS WEINSTEIN CO. Starring: Jessica Chastain Gerard Butler Director: Ralph Fiennes Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. 90	86	CORIOLANUS	R		WEINSTEIN CO.		0	19	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
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. 115	112	DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK	R		FILM DISTRICT	0	2251	39	n/a	n/a	0	$21,094,526
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. 136	133	DRIVE	R		Film District	0	1974	36	n/a	n/a	0	$27,050,799
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. 140	137	FINAL DESTINATION 5	R		WARNER BROS.	0	2085	41	n/a	n/a	0	$37,825,000
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. 147	143	HAYWIRE	R		Relativity	0	2441	18	n/a	n/a	0	$15,281,962
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. 148	144	HENRY'S CRIME	R		MOVING PICTURES	0	2	59	n/a	n/a	0	$94,195
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. 149	145	HESHER	R		Wrekin Hill	0	42	54	n/a	n/a	0	$126,046
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. 117	113	HORRIBLE BOSSES	R		WARNER BROS.	0	755	46	n/a	n/a	0	$112,733,095
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. 122	118	IDES OF MARCH	R		SONY	0	1391	33	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. 123	119	IMMORTALS	R		Relativity	0	2299	28	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. 124	120	IN A BETTER WORLD	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	51	60	n/a	n/a	0	$617,315
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. 126	122	INCENDIES	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	33	57	n/a	n/a	0	$380,450
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 129	125	J. EDGAR	R		WARNER BROS.	0	1985	28	n/a	n/a	0	$32,661,000
KILL THE IRISHMAN Anchor Bay Starring: Val Kilmer Christopher Walken Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's. 32	34	KILL THE IRISHMAN	R		Anchor Bay	0	13	63	n/a	n/a	0	$1,135,225
KILLER ELITE OPEN ROAD Starring: Jason Statham Robert DeNiro Director: Gary McKendry Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader. 33	13	KILLER ELITE	R		OPEN ROAD	0	2411	35	n/a	n/a	0	$21,575,000
LAST NIGHT Tribeca Film Starring: Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Director: Massy Tadjedin Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R LAST NIGHT is a romantic drama that revolves around a married couple, played by Keira Knightley ("Atonement," "Pirates of the Caribbean") and Sam Worthington ("Terminator Salvation"), who are each tempted to stray, as the husband travels on a business trip with a desirable colleague (Eva Mendes - "Hitch") while the wife encounters her past love (Guillaume Canet - "Tell No One") at home. 43	36	LAST NIGHT	R		Tribeca Film	0	6	54	n/a	n/a	0	$67,636
MARGIN CALL ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS Starring: Kevin Spacey Paul Bettany Director: J.C. Chandor Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis. 13	15	MARGIN CALL	R		ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS		0	31	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE FOX SEARCHLIGHT Starring: Elizabeth Olsen John Hawkes Director: T. Sean Durkin Genre: Indie MPAA Rating: R Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. 14	17	MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE	R		FOX SEARCHLIGHT		0	31	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
OF GODS AND MEN SONY CLASSICS Starring: Lambert Wilson Michael Lonsdale Director: Xavier Beauvois Genre: Foreign MPAA Rating: R A drama about Cistercian monks who stand up for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists. 18	44	OF GODS AND MEN	R		SONY CLASSICS	0	68	65	n/a	n/a	0	$3,682,195
POTICHE MUSIC BOX Starring: Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Director: François Ozon Genre: Foreign MPAA Rating: R A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness. 64	65	POTICHE	R		MUSIC BOX	0	59	61	n/a	n/a	0	$1,330,493
PROJECT X WARNER BROS. Starring: Director: Nima Nourizadeh Genre: MPAA Rating: R 67	68	PROJECT X	R		WARNER BROS.	0	903	12	n/a	n/a	0	$53,500,000
SAFE LIONSGATE Starring: Jason Statham Director: Boaz Yakin Genre: Action MPAA Rating: R Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail. 70	12	SAFE	R		LIONSGATE	0	1690	4	n/a	n/a	-100	$15,545,255
SAFE HOUSE UNIVERSAL Starring: Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds Director: Daniel Espinosa Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R When a group of villains destroy a CIA-operated safe house, the facility's young house-sitter must work to move the criminal who's being hidden there to another secure location. 71	71	SAFE HOUSE	R		UNIVERSAL	0	729	15	n/a	n/a	0	$125,000,000
SILENT HOUSE OPEN ROAD Starring: Director: Genre: MPAA Rating: R 73	73	SILENT HOUSE	R		OPEN ROAD	0	2124	11	n/a	n/a	0	$10,576,000
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS LIONSGATE Starring: Richard Jenkins Bradley Whitford Director: Drew Goddard Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R A twisted and unusual take on the familiar "cabin in the woods" formula. 60	59	THE CABIN IN THE WOODS	R		LIONSGATE	0	1669	6	n/a	n/a	0	$38,003,943
THE DICTATOR PARAMOUNT Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen Director: Larry Charles Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. 3	new	THE DICTATOR	R	12.85%	PARAMOUNT		3008	1	$17,435,092	$5,796	0	$24,476,173
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT UNIVERSAL Starring: Emily Blunt Jason Segel Director: Nicholas Stroller Genre: Romantic MPAA Rating: R A comedy that charts the ups and downs of an engaged couple's relationship. 11	7	THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT	R	0.82%	UNIVERSAL	-1394	1175	4	$1,110,375	$945	-64	$27,103,010
THE RAVEN RELATIVITY Starring: John Cusack Alice Eve Director: James McTeigue Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. 49	11	THE RAVEN	R		RELATIVITY	0	1888	4	n/a	n/a	-100	$14,644,928
WANDERLUST UNIVERSAL Starring: Jennifer Aniston Paul Rudd Director: David Wain Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in WANDERLUST , a comedy from director David Wain ( Role Models ) and producer Judd Apatow ( Knocked Up ) about a Manhattan couple who leaves the pace and pressures of the city and joins a freewheeling community where the only rule is to be who you are. Now if they could only figure out who that is... 58	56	WANDERLUST	R		UNIVERSAL	0	2002	13	n/a	n/a	0	$12,394,565

THIS MEANS WAR

FOX

TITANIC 3D

PARAMOUNT

TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS

LIONSGATE

WAR HORSE

WALT DISNEY

WARRIOR

LIONSGATE

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING

LIONSGATE

WRATH OF THE TITANS

WARNER BROS.

21 JUMP STREET

SONY

A DANGEROUS METHOD

SONY CLASSICS

ACT OF VALOR

RELATIVITY

AMERICAN REUNION

UNIVERSAL

BAD TEACHER

SONY

BARNEY'S VERSION

SONY CLASSICS

BEGINNGERS

FOCUS

BIUTIFUL

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

CARNAGE

SONY CLASSICS

CASA DE MI PADRE

LIONSGATE

CEREMONY

Magnolia Pictures

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH

KINO

CONAN THE BARBARIAN

LIONSGATE

CONTRABAND

UNIVERSAL

CORIOLANUS

WEINSTEIN CO.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

FILM DISTRICT

DRIVE

Film District

FINAL DESTINATION 5

WARNER BROS.

HAYWIRE

Relativity

HENRY'S CRIME

MOVING PICTURES

HESHER

Wrekin Hill

HORRIBLE BOSSES

WARNER BROS.

IDES OF MARCH

SONY

IMMORTALS

Relativity

IN A BETTER WORLD

SONY CLASSICS

INCENDIES

SONY CLASSICS

J. EDGAR

WARNER BROS.

KILL THE IRISHMAN

Anchor Bay

KILLER ELITE

OPEN ROAD

LAST NIGHT

Tribeca Film

MARGIN CALL

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

FOX SEARCHLIGHT

OF GODS AND MEN

SONY CLASSICS