#1
& #2 -Jake Gyllenhaal starrer,
End Of Watch ,tied with Jennifer
Lawrence starrer ,H
ouse at the End of the Road ,with both earning
$13million.
End of Watch is a cop-drama-thriller ,written &
directed by Training Day writer ,David Ayer.Even though its a low budget
movie ($7million) ,the opening collection is below average
for a movie of its sort.EOW has been getting good reviews praising its
lead actors ,Jake Gyllenhaal & Micheal Pena.The movie is currently
rated at
85%.
House at the End of the Road ,like EOW is a low budget
movie ($10million) but still its debut is below expectations.But the
horror movie has been getting very poor reviews ,with many complaining
its a very predictable movie with not much thrills nor horror.The movie
is rated 13%.
#3-Coming very close to the top spot was ,Trouble
with the Curve ,making $12.7million.The baseball themed movie , marks
the return of Clint Eastwood to an acting role (2009's Gran Torino was
his previous starring role).The movie also has Amy Adams & Justin
Timberlake.Just like the top 2 movies ,TWTC too has a below average
debut.The movie has been getting average reviews ,with many saying Clint
Eastwood & Amy Adams' performances are the highlights of this
predictable story.The movie is currently rated at 52%.
#4-Finding Nemo 3D ,made to #4 with $9.4million.This makes Finding Nemo
the lowest grossing movie in the recent set of 3D converted animated
movies.
#5-Resident Evil Retribution crashed from its top spot
last week ,earning just $6.7million this week.Such a steep fall can be
credited to the movies poor reviews and general lack of interest from
the audience for the Resident series.The movie has made $33million
domestically ,but has already grossed thrice its domestic gross overseas
,$103million ,bringing its worldwide total to $136million.
The
4th new release of the week ,Dredd , bombed at the box office ,making
just $6.3million,coming at #6.The $50million movie is set to be a big
disappointment.The reviews for Dredd has been highly positive .Many
praised its violence & special effects and has a rating of 77%.
The critically praised movie,The Master made $5million in its 2nd
week.The movie is slowly expanding to more theaters each week.Praised
for its acting,direction and story ,the movie has a rating of 86%.
On its 10th week ,TDKR made $1.2million.So far it has made $$443million
domestically ,ranking it at #7 in the domestic charts ,overtaking Shrek
2.The next target,for TDKR in the domestic list is Star Wars
,$460million.But it seems TDKR wont be rising on the domestic charts any
more.
With $623million collection overseas,TDKR has made
$1.066billion worldwide.This puts it #7 in the all time lists
,overtaking PiratesOTC 2.The next target for TDKR is Lord Of The Rings3
,$1.119billion.Again,this seems to be another long shot for TDKR.
This week, we have 4 more interesting movies.Looper,Hotel Transylvania,Perfect Pitch & Wont Back Down.
My recommendation for the week is Looper.The action thriller has been
getting rave reviews.Its rated currently at 92%.The mind bending tale
stars Joseph Gordon & Bruce Willis.
Hotel Transylvania is an
animated movie ,starring Adam Sandler.the movie failed to impress
critics and will be more of a kids attraction.
Perfect Pitch stars Anna Kendrick and is about a college singing competition.
Wont Back Down stars 2 top actresses ,Maggie Gyllenhaal & Viola
Davis and is about two mothers raising the standards of education at
their local school.