Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 25 February-3 March 2011. Comedy Hall Pass opened at the top of the charts. Gnomeo & Juliet slipped from #2 to #3, romancing up $15.8 million, for a three-week total of $76.8 million. I am Number Four slipped from #3 to #4, earning $14.0 million, for a two-week total of $40.7 million.
Black Swan showed strength, holding steady at #15, swooping up $1.9 million, for a thirteen-week total of $104.1 million. The Green Hornet fell from #14 to #18, battling up $850 thousand, for a seven-week total of $96.8 million. The Rite fell from #16 to #21, scaring up $625 thousand, for a five-week total of $32.5 million. Tangled slipped from #20 to #22, spinning up $425 thousand, for a fourteen-week total of $195.0 million.
Falling out of the top 25 this week were:
Yogi Bear (last week’s #22) in its eleventh week in release (box office total: $97.9 million)
Tron: Legacy (last week’s #23) in its eleventh week in release (box office total: $171.1 million)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (last week’s #24) in its fifteenth week in release (box office total: $294.4 million)