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LOS ANGELES — "ranking" has lassoed first place at the box office.
The Paramount animated film with Johnny Depp as the voice of a Wild West Sheriff Chameleon rode into town with a debut of 38 million dollars, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
"Rank", which was directed by master franchise film "Pirates of the Caribbean" Gore Verbinski, is the first animated feature film from Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects studio, founded in 1975 by George Lucas.
"The draw for the public was certainly Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski, but when you look at the reviews, was 88% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a level that Pixar's work," said Don Harris, executive vice President of Paramount for distribution. "This is a movie that has a shot at being nominated for an Academy Award, this time next year".
Mind-bending Thriller episodes "The adjustment Bureau" starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, debuted in the No. 2 spot with $ 20 million. Fantasy tale of CBS Films ' "Beastly" starring Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens open at no. 3 with $ 10.1 million, rounding out the top three films of the weekend. It was another long weekend for Hollywood, with grosses come in less than the corresponding weekend last year.
"Comparisons of a year ago are hard, whereas when ' Alice in Wonderland ' opens with $ 116.1 million dollars," said analyst Paul Dergarabedian Hollywood.com, referring to the film by Tim Burton. "We're not even in that realm, so this is our second down weekend in a row. We only had one long weekend at the box office compared to a year ago. There is this malaise overtaking on the market. "
The vulgar Warner Bros. comedy "Hall Pass" stayed committed in his second week-end in position No. 4 with $ 9 million. The Walt Disney animated 3-d "Keira and Juliet" also held that loving feeling to go into its fourth weekend with $ 6.9 million in place, despite an animated showdown against "ranking" No. 5, which was not released in 3-d.
"The King's speech," the Royal Chronicle from co. Weinstein, who ruled last week's Academy Awards with 12 victories, retained the No. 7 spot this weekend with $ 6.5 million. Dergarabedian noted that the public wanted to see the Oscar front-runner starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush likely rushed to see the movie before the Academy Awards telecast.
The weekend's other wide release, comedy throwback of relativity Media's "Take Me Home Tonight" played by Topher Grace and Anna Faris, he just took home $ 3.5 million in no. 11 spot. The box-office war heats up with another flurry of films opening next weekend, which includes the sci-fi saga "battle: Los Angeles" and the tale of PG-13 "little Red Riding Hood."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at u.s. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Rank", 38 million dollars.2. "The adjustment Bureau" 20.9 million.
3. "Beastly", $ 10.1 million
4. "Hall Pass," $ 9 million.
5. "Keira and Juliet" 6.9 million.
6. "unknown", 6.6 million.
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