The top films at the North American box office
Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three-day weekend starting
Jan. 25, led by "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" at No. 1, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.
1 (*) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"............$19.0 million
2 (1) Mama.......................................$12.8 million
3 (3) Silver Linings Playbook....................$10.0 million
4 (2) Zero Dark Thirty...........................$ 9.8 million
5 (*) Parker.....................................$ 7.0 million
6 (7) Django Unchained...........................$ 5.0 million
7 (*) Movie 43...................................$ 5.0 million
8 (4) Gangster Squad.............................$ 4.2 million
9 (5) Broken City................................$ 4.0 million
10 (8) Les Miserables.............................$ 3.9 million
NOTES: (*) = new release
CUMULATIVE TOTALS:
Django Unchained..................................$146.2 million
Les Miserables....................................$137.2 million
Zero Dark Thirty..................................$ 69.9 million
Silver Linings Playbook...........................$ 69.4 million
Mama..............................................$ 48.6 million
Gangster Squad....................................$ 39.6 million
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.....................$19.0 million
Broken City.......................................$ 15.2 million
Parker.............................................$ 7.0 million
Movie 43...........................................$ 5.0 million
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" was distributed by
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.
"Zero Dark Thirty" was released by Sony Corp's
movie studio.
"Parker" was distributed by FilmDistrict.
"Movie 43" was released by Relativity Media.
"The Last Stand" was distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
.
"The Hobbit" and "Gangster Squad" were released by Warner
Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
"A Haunted House" was released by Open Road Films, a joint
venture between theater owners Regal Entertainment Group
and AMC Entertainment Inc.
"Django Unchained" and "Silver Linings Playbook" were
distributed by Weinstein Co.
"Broken City" was distributed by 20th Century Fox, a unit of
News Corp.
"Les Miserables" and "Mama" were distributed by Universal
Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp.
1 (*) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"............$19.0 million
2 (1) Mama.......................................$12.8 million
3 (3) Silver Linings Playbook....................$10.0 million
4 (2) Zero Dark Thirty...........................$ 9.8 million
5 (*) Parker.....................................$ 7.0 million
6 (7) Django Unchained...........................$ 5.0 million
7 (*) Movie 43...................................$ 5.0 million
8 (4) Gangster Squad.............................$ 4.2 million
9 (5) Broken City................................$ 4.0 million
10 (8) Les Miserables.............................$ 3.9 million
NOTES: (*) = new release
CUMULATIVE TOTALS:
Django Unchained..................................$146.2 million
Les Miserables....................................$137.2 million
Zero Dark Thirty..................................$ 69.9 million
Silver Linings Playbook...........................$ 69.4 million
Mama..............................................$ 48.6 million
Gangster Squad....................................$ 39.6 million
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.....................$19.0 million
Broken City.......................................$ 15.2 million
Parker.............................................$ 7.0 million
Movie 43...........................................$ 5.0 million
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" was distributed by
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.
"Zero Dark Thirty" was released by Sony Corp's
movie studio.
"Parker" was distributed by FilmDistrict.
"Movie 43" was released by Relativity Media.
"The Last Stand" was distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
.
"The Hobbit" and "Gangster Squad" were released by Warner
Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
"A Haunted House" was released by Open Road Films, a joint
venture between theater owners Regal Entertainment Group
and AMC Entertainment Inc.
"Django Unchained" and "Silver Linings Playbook" were
distributed by Weinstein Co.
"Broken City" was distributed by 20th Century Fox, a unit of
News Corp.
"Les Miserables" and "Mama" were distributed by Universal
Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp.
Friday Box Office: ‘Hansel And Gretel’ Opens Weak With $6.1 Million
The box office was off to a rough start on Friday thanks to some weak performances from this weekend’s new releases.
Director Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters earned around $6.1 million on opening day. Although this figure isn’t exactly strong, it was apparently large enough to propel the action-horror hybrid into the top position. Estimates put the film’s three-day haul at around $17 million.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this weekend’s other new releases didn’t fare much better than Witch Hunters. The Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez thriller Parker earned around $2.1 on opening day. Taylor Hackford’s flick also fell short of studio expectations.
The comedic anthology Movie 43, which features such strong talent as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, and Naomi Watts, failed to make much of a dent at the box office on Friday as well. According to Deadline, the film earned around $5 million on opening day. However, the film’s $6 million budget takes some of the sting out of that figure.
Last weekend’s number one movie Mama has claimed the second place position with $3.8 million in receipts. Director David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence generated around $2.3 million on Friday, while Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial thriller Zero Dark Thirty also earned about $2.3 million.
According to The Chicago Tribune, Paramount and MGM had hoped Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters would bring in around $25 million over the course of the weekend. However, it would appear that estimates may have missed the mark by $8 million.
FilmDistrict will also have to make some adjustments to its forecast for the Jason Statham flick Parker. Instead of $10 million, the latest motion picture featuring author Donald Westlake’s professional thief is expected to make around $6 million.
Which movie do you think will emerge victorious at the box office this weekend? Are you planning to catchHansel and Gretel, Movie 43, or Parker in theaters?
Director Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters earned around $6.1 million on opening day. Although this figure isn’t exactly strong, it was apparently large enough to propel the action-horror hybrid into the top position. Estimates put the film’s three-day haul at around $17 million.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this weekend’s other new releases didn’t fare much better than Witch Hunters. The Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez thriller Parker earned around $2.1 on opening day. Taylor Hackford’s flick also fell short of studio expectations.
The comedic anthology Movie 43, which features such strong talent as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, and Naomi Watts, failed to make much of a dent at the box office on Friday as well. According to Deadline, the film earned around $5 million on opening day. However, the film’s $6 million budget takes some of the sting out of that figure.
Last weekend’s number one movie Mama has claimed the second place position with $3.8 million in receipts. Director David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence generated around $2.3 million on Friday, while Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial thriller Zero Dark Thirty also earned about $2.3 million.
According to The Chicago Tribune, Paramount and MGM had hoped Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters would bring in around $25 million over the course of the weekend. However, it would appear that estimates may have missed the mark by $8 million.
FilmDistrict will also have to make some adjustments to its forecast for the Jason Statham flick Parker. Instead of $10 million, the latest motion picture featuring author Donald Westlake’s professional thief is expected to make around $6 million.
Which movie do you think will emerge victorious at the box office this weekend? Are you planning to catchHansel and Gretel, Movie 43, or Parker in theaters?
Liu Yi Fei - Top China Actress
Liu Yi Fei was borned in Beijing on 25 August 1987, but spent her childhood mostly in Wuhan. Her father was a university professor while her mother a famous dancer and stage performer.
Liu Yi Fei was already modelling since 8-year-old, Liu Yi Fei photos are still found on some streets in Wuhan where she spent her childhood. Yi Fei was said to be a very potential artist since she was a kid, Liu Yi Fei showed talents in singing, dancing and playing piano.
After the divorsion of her birth parents, Liu Yi Fei left China to USA with her mother at age of 10. Yi Fei only came back to China in 2002, where she was accepted into the prestigious Beijing Film Academy at the tender age of 15.
Just a while after Yi Fei got into Beijing Film Academy in 2002, she already received chances to star in a TV dramas. Her first TV drama was “Jin Fen Shi Jia” (金粉世家) or in English titled “Story of a Noble Family.”
Liu Yi Fei then got her leading role as ‘Wang YuYan’ in CCTV’s “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” (天?八部), a WuXia drama based on the legendary Jin Yong same titled novel.
Crsytal’s age was a concern for most people as they were worried if she could performed to the standard at the age of 15.. but Yi Fei proved to everyone that her maturity is beyond her age and her performance at the series was up to the par.
Liu Yi Fei starred in her first movie “Love of May” (五月之?) in 2003, but it was her acting in another popular TV drama, “Chinese Paladin” in 2004 that made Yi Fei a superstar in China.
Chinese Paladin or “The Legend of Fairy Sword” was adapted from a popular RPG game and both the TV drama and game were superhit in China. Yi Fei played the leading role ‘Ling Er’ and Ling-Er was used as her nickname by Chinese fans as well.
In 2005/2006, Yi Fei made her fame as international star as ‘Xiao Long Nu’ in CCTV’s TV drama series, Return of Condor Heroes, another WuXia novel adopted production. ROCH is a popular hit across Asia, from China to Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and South East Asia. Liu Yi Fei is becoming a household name and one of the most popular young actress.
Liu Yi Fei is becoming a singer too, she signed a record contract with Sony Music in August 2005 and has been learning singing and dancing in Japan and China since then. Yi Fei is releasing her first Japanese single “Mayonaka no Door” in July 2006.
Liu Yi Fei was already modelling since 8-year-old, Liu Yi Fei photos are still found on some streets in Wuhan where she spent her childhood. Yi Fei was said to be a very potential artist since she was a kid, Liu Yi Fei showed talents in singing, dancing and playing piano.
After the divorsion of her birth parents, Liu Yi Fei left China to USA with her mother at age of 10. Yi Fei only came back to China in 2002, where she was accepted into the prestigious Beijing Film Academy at the tender age of 15.
Just a while after Yi Fei got into Beijing Film Academy in 2002, she already received chances to star in a TV dramas. Her first TV drama was “Jin Fen Shi Jia” (金粉世家) or in English titled “Story of a Noble Family.”
Liu Yi Fei then got her leading role as ‘Wang YuYan’ in CCTV’s “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” (天?八部), a WuXia drama based on the legendary Jin Yong same titled novel.
Crsytal’s age was a concern for most people as they were worried if she could performed to the standard at the age of 15.. but Yi Fei proved to everyone that her maturity is beyond her age and her performance at the series was up to the par.
Liu Yi Fei starred in her first movie “Love of May” (五月之?) in 2003, but it was her acting in another popular TV drama, “Chinese Paladin” in 2004 that made Yi Fei a superstar in China.
Chinese Paladin or “The Legend of Fairy Sword” was adapted from a popular RPG game and both the TV drama and game were superhit in China. Yi Fei played the leading role ‘Ling Er’ and Ling-Er was used as her nickname by Chinese fans as well.
In 2005/2006, Yi Fei made her fame as international star as ‘Xiao Long Nu’ in CCTV’s TV drama series, Return of Condor Heroes, another WuXia novel adopted production. ROCH is a popular hit across Asia, from China to Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and South East Asia. Liu Yi Fei is becoming a household name and one of the most popular young actress.
Liu Yi Fei is becoming a singer too, she signed a record contract with Sony Music in August 2005 and has been learning singing and dancing in Japan and China since then. Yi Fei is releasing her first Japanese single “Mayonaka no Door” in July 2006.
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