‘Shutter Island’ hangs on to win US weekend boxoffice
Movies — By ken on March 1, 2010 at 10:54 am
R-rated movies rule the US boxoffice
The suspense thriller “Shutter Island” earnt an estimated $22.2 million to stay on top the US box-office, followed by the buddy cop movie “Cop Out” with $18.6 million for its opening. Starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan it was the best opening Director Kevin Smith has seen in his career.
“Cop Out” barely edged out “The Crazies” due to opening in more cinemas.
“The Crazies” is a remake of George A. Romero’s 1973 horror classic, starring Timothy Olyphant and Australian actress Radha Mitchell.
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1. Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress—like hospital for the criminally insane. |
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2. Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint—condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia—obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his “partner—against—crime” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball. |
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3. A husband and wife in a small Midwestern town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness in The Crazies. A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of the George Romero horror classic. |
USA Box Office Estimates for weekend starting 26 February 2010
| Rank | Weekend Total | Weeks | Screens | Weekend screen avg. | Cumulative box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |||||
| $22,200,000 (-46%) | 2 | 3,003 | $7,392 | $75,076,000 | |
| 2. | |||||
| $18,565,000 (%) | 1 | 3,150 | $5,893 | $18,565,000 | |
| 3. | |||||
| $16,521,000 (%) | 1 | 2,477 | $6,669 | $16,521,000 | |
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