Box Office USA - The Rite apre con 15 Milioni

FEAR, SMILES AND ADRENALINE! - Here we are again with our usual weekly appointment dedicated to the most viewed film films in North America, this time over the weekend of Friday, January 28 to Sunday, January 30, 2011. On the podium we can note two debutant films: in the lead appears, with $15 million in box office, The Rite, horror by Mikael Håfström with Colin O'Donogue and Anthony Hopkins on the subject of exorcisms, while in third position opens The Mechanic, action film by Simon West with Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland full of shootings and investigations "rated" by the public so far 11500000$.
The second step of the podium belongs instead to No Strings Attached, comedy by Ivan Reitman which, thanks to its plot related to an exclusively physical relationship between a man (played by Ashton Kutcher) and a woman (Natalie Portman) destined to become something more important, raking in more than 13.5 million in its second week.

We let you freely browse the ranking of the ten most viewed movies in US theaters from January 28-30, 2011.

1. The Rite (Warner Bros., novelty)
   Received January 28-30 - 15005000$
   Total Collection - 15005000$
2. No Strings Attached (Paramount Pictures, week 2)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 13650000$
   Total Collection - 39742000$
3. The Mechanic (CBS Films, novelty)
   Jan. 28 to Jan. 30 collection - 11500000$
   Total Collection - 11500000$Tied with
   The Green Hornet (Sony, week 3)
   Jan. 28 to Jan. 30 collection - 11500000$
   Total Collection - 78800000$
4. The King's Speech (Weinstein Company, week 10)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 11102000$
   Total Collection - 72217000$
5. The Grit (Paramount Pictures, week six)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 7600000$
   Total Collection - 148388000$
6. The Dilemma (Universal Pictures, week 3)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 5476000$
   Total Collection - 40634000$
7. Black Swan (Fox Searchlight, week nine)
   Jan. 28 to Jan. 30 collection - 5100000$
   Total Collection - 90704000$
8. The Fighter (Paramount Pictures, week 8)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 4055000$
   Total Collection - 78373000$
9. Yogi Bear (Warner Bros., week 7)
   January 28 to 30 collection - 3165000$
   Total Collection - 92507000$
10. TRON: Legacy (Buena Vista, week 7)
    Jan. 28 to Jan. 30 collection - 2543000$
    Total Collection - 166746000$

Article by Cristian Taranto