The Roommate Tops the Weekend Box Office

Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 12:15 pm , filed under Box Office by Jason

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‘The Roommate’, a thriller, bests the ‘Sanctum’ to top the weekend box office. Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester are the leads of ‘The Roommate’. Sony has produced ‘The Roommate’ with the cost of $16 millions.

’The Roommate’ was the number one at the weekend box office grossing $15.6 million in its opening week. In ‘The Roommate’, Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) is the roommate of Rebecca (Leighton Meester). Initially, Sara is obsessed with her new friend and tries to bond and get close to her and turns into a Psycho killer. The movie made an impressive debut.

’The Sanctum’, a 3D thriller by James Cameron and Universal came second with $9.2 million on the weekend and it was rated with a score of C-Plus. Paramount’s romantic comedy, ‘No Strings Attached’ starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman made third grossing $8.4 million and declining it’s total gross by 38 percent in third week.

’The King’s Speech’, the recipient of 12 Academy Award nominations grossed $8.3 million with the 28 percent decline of its total gross by week to week. Domestically, the film has grossed $84 millions. ‘The Rite’, champion of last week grossed only $5.6 million with 62 percent decline.

Check out the top ten movies of the weekend box office:

The Roommate – $15.6 millions
Sanctum -$9.2 Millions
No Strings Attached – $8.4 Millions
King’s Speech – $8.3 Millions
Green Hornet – $6.1 Millions
The Rite – $5.6 Millions
The Mechanic – $5.4 Millions
True Grit – $4.8 Millions
Black Swan – $3.4 Millions
The Dilemma – $3.4 Millions

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