US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 35 of 2010

Movies — By ken on September 1, 2010 at 2:05 pm

Weekend Box Office (U.S.)

Aug 27 – 29 weekend

The Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster movie “Takers” ($US20.51 million) led the US Box Office last weekend, followed closely by the Drama and Suspense/Horror movie “The Last Exorcism” ($US20.36 million) for their first week, whilst last weeks leader, “The Expendables” ($US9.53 million) came in third for a Cumulative Gross of $US82.04 million in its second week. Fourth was “Eat Pray Love” ($US6.81 million) for a Cumulative Gross of $US60.53 million after three weeks. The big earner in the top ten is the seventh place getter “Inception” ($US4.87 million) for a Cumulative Gross of $US270,519,920 after seven weeks.

“Takers” is about a group of high-living young criminals who bankroll their extravagant lifestyle with a series of painstakingly planned bank robberies while a dedicated police officer makes it his personal mission to stop them in this taut, edge-of your seat crime thriller. After years of meticulously planned heists, the crew is convinced by one of their own to risk it all for one last big score, but pulling off the job of a lifetime with a dogged detective and a vicious rival gang on their tail is a tall order, even for these seasoned pros.

Takers – Takes #1 in the Box Office

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Directed by John Luessenhop (Lockdown), “Takers” stars Matt Dillon (Crash, There’s Something About Mary), Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious, The Death and Life of Bobby Z), Idris Elba (”The Wire,” RocknRolla, Obsessed), Jay Hernandez (Lakeview Terrace, Nothing Like the Holidays), Michael Ealy (Miracle at St. Anna, Seven Pounds), Tip “T.I.” Harris (American Gangster, ATL), with Chris Brown (Stomp The Yard, Longtime friends Gordon Betts (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and the Attica brothers, Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) finance an extravagant lifestyle filled with hot cars, hotter women and unlimited cash by staging high stakes bank robberies. They avoid being caught by planning to the tiniest detail, leaving no clues and pulling off one—and only one—job per year. Their latest successful caper, a $2 million heist, attracts the attention of LAPD Detective Jack Welles (Matt Dillon), an old-school cop who has sacrificed his marriage, his child and any semblance of a personal life for the job. Despite a lack of support from the department, Welles is determined to track down the elusive gang before they strike again.

Takers

A notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low in between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective (Matt Dillon) who is hell-bent on solving the case.

The Last Exorcism

An earnest fundamentalist, Louis Sweetzer has contacted a charismatic preacher, the Reverend Cotton Marcus, as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Cotton and his crew plan to film his last exorcism, but upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there.

The Expendables

A group of mercenaries are hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator, but find themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is the leader and his team is Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren).

Eat Pray Love

Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having — a husband, a house, a successful career — yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self—discovery.

The Other Guys

Set in New York City, The Other Guys follows Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), a tough guy who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an unfortunate run—in with Derek Jeter. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step up, things don’t quite go as planned.

Vampires Suck

A comedy about contemporary teen angst and romance movies. Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen, is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca’s friends contend with their own issues. All these romantic entanglements collide at the prom.

Inception

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best in the dangerous art of stealing secrets from deep within the subconscious in the world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible.

Nanny McPhee Returns

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

The Switch

JENNIFER ANISTON stars alongside JASON BATEMAN in this offbeat comedy as Kassie, a smart, fun—loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s (BATEMAN) objections, decides it’s time to have a baby—even if it means doing it by herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor (PATRICK WILSON). But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last—minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute—though slightly neurotic—son.

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Piranha 3D

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man—eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor—toothed residents. The films stars Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Steve McQueen (The Vampire Diaries), Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connell, Ving Rhames, Adam Scott, Richard Dreyfuss and Christopher Lloyd.