Weekend
Box Office Ranking (U.S.) July 18th- July 20th weekend
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1 (new)
The Dark Knight
Directed by
Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart,
Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman - With the
help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman
sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate
proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising
criminal mastermind. (Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
2 (new)
Mamma Mia!
Directed by
Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth,
Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters - Donna (Meryl Streep), an independent
hotelier in the Greek islands, is preparing for her daughter's wedding
with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, Donna's spirited daughter,
has a plan of her own. She secretly invites to the wedding... (Universal
Pictures Distribution)
3 (2)
Hancock
Directed by
Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie
Marsan, Johnny Galecki - There are heroes... there are superheroes... and
then there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility
-- everyone knows that -- everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted,
sarcastic, and misunderstood, (Sony Pictures Releasing)
4 (3)
Journey to the Center of the
Earth
Directed by
Eric Brevig and starring Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem, Josh Hutcherson -
During a scientific expedition in Iceland, visionary scientist Trevor Anderson
(Brendan Fraser), his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their beautiful
local guide, Hannah (Anita Briem), are unexpectedly trapped in a cave from
which their only..... (New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
5 (1)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Directed by
Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke
Goss, John Alexander - After an ancient truce existing between humankind
and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready
to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below
defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable .... (Universal Pictures
Distribution)
6 (4)
WALL-E
Directed by
Andrew Stanton and starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred
Willard, Macintalk - After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was
built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class)
discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when
he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. (Buena Vista Pictures Distribution)
7 (new)
Space Chimps
Directed by
Kirk De Micco and starring Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton,
Jeff Daniels, Omid Abtahi, Stanley Tucci - Three NASA chimps are
sent to a galaxy far, far away. Two chimps have 'The Right Stuff,' and
the other, a good natured goofball, has 'The Wrong Stuff.' Together all
three find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet, where they embark
on a ..... (20th Century Fox Distribution)
8 (5)
Wanted
Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov and starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie,
Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common - 25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy)
was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known.
Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). After his estranged father
is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity.
(Universal Pictures Distribution)
9 (6)
Get Smart
Directed by
Peter Segal and starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan
Arkin, Terence Stamp, Ken Davitian - When the headquarters of U.S. spy
agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised,
the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst
Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), who has always dreamt of working in the field
alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). Smart
is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been
compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As
Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS’ master plan—and each other—they
discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his sidekick
Shtarker (Kenneth Davitian) are scheming to cash in with their network
of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart—armed
with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm—must
defeat KAOS if he is to save the day. (Warner Bros. Pictures
Distribution)
10 (8)
Kung Fu Panda
Directed by
Mark Osborne, John Stevenson and starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina
Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane - Po the Panda (voice of Jack
Black) dreams of being a martial-arts master but is, in reality, a fat,
lazy, black-and-white slob. But when his town is threatened by evildoers,
a group of real kung fu experts need to transform Po into the legendary
"Chosen One," who is destined to save the day. (Paramount Pictures)
(last weekends
ranking - in brackets)
