'Roommates' scares Super Bowl weekend victory: box office report February 4-6

Super bowl and the icy weather pundits didn't expect much from this weekend box office and ' the roommate ' mustered just enough Mojo, these low expectations to meet.

'Roommates' may be a diluted PG 13 version of single white female, but strong enough to debut at no. 1 with an estimated 15.6 million dollars, was predicted on what experts. Thank the stars, Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester TV fame, youth friendly evaluation and a strong attraction female moviegoers who plan, were not to watch football on Sunday. The suspense of thriller's budget has been reported that only $16 million, just a hair above this weekend gross estimated.

Weekend of other broad new release's, the underwater action thriller 'Sanctum,' was already predicted to open $12 million, but with 9.2 million $ for the opening of a second place came the Studio estimate. The film James Cameron boasted as producer and State-of-the-art 3D effects (with its attendant ticket surcharges) and it opened more theater than ' the roommate.' But the R rating has remained younger viewers and the film has not helped lack of star power or your male appeal on Super Bowl weekend by his. It's a track for the film make back its reported $30 million budget at theaters.

Another film with strong female appeal, the romantic comedy 'No Strings Attached,' was no. 3 with an estimated $8.4 million. This is down only 37% from last week. There was also enough to film the three weeks total past the $50 million mark to move.

Coming fourth was ' the King's speech ' still expands into more theater on the second weekend after announcing his 12 Oscar nominations. The wellness historical buddy movie deserves an estimated 8.3 million dollars, only 25 percent from last week, as Oscar buzz continues to build for the best image frontrunners.

No. 5 was 'The Green Hornet,' by 46 percent to an estimated $6.1 million. The masked hero film has earned $87.2 million in four weeks.

Last week, two major new releases, ' the rite' (which debuted top a week ago) and the mechanic (IAT No. 3 premiered) was sixth and seventh places this weekend. Rounded two are the top 10 were other strong Oscar contender, ' true grit "(Nr._8) and" Black Swan "(Nr._10) and Bromance ' the dilemma" (No. 9).

'Roommates'-trailer

The full top 10:
1. "The roommate ' 15.6 million (2,534 screens), new version"
2. "Sanctum,' $ 9.2 million (2,787), new version"
3. ' No strings attached' $ 8.4 million (3,050), 51.8 million US dollars total
4. 'King's speech,' $8.3 million (2,584), $ 84.1 million
5. "The Green hornet' $6.1 million (3.033), $ 87.2 million"
6. "The rite,' $ 5.6 million (2,985), $23.7 million"
7. "The mechanic ' $5.4 million (2,704), $20.1 million"
8. "True grit,' $ 4.8 million (2,902), $ 155.0 million"
9. "The dilemma' $3.45 million (2,545), $ 45.7 million"
10. ' Black Swan' 3.40 million (1,977), $95.9 million "

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