Do we even need to say it anymore? The biggest movie in the world (and by the way, of all time now) — is “Avatar”. James Cameron’s movies have made a total of $1,750,387,994. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, you’re on in very few. At this point, the weekly movie chart starts at #2 and goes from there.
Here’s the rest of the box office story:
1 Avatar Fox $30,000,000 Total: $594,472,000
2 Edge of Darkness Warner Bros. $17,120,000
3 When In Rome Disney $12,065,000
4 The Tooth Fairy Fox $10,000,000 Total: $26,106,000
5 The Book of Eli Warner Bros. $8,770,000 $74,373,000
6 Legion Screen Gems $6,800,000 Total: $28,646,000
7 The Lovely Bones Paramount/Dreamworks $4,735,000 Total: $38,014,000
8 Sherlock Holmes Warner Bros. $4,510,Total: $197,596,000
9 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $4,000,000 Total: $209,297,000
10 It’s Complicated Universal $3,720,000 Total: $104,027,000
AWARDS:
Here are the winners of this years Sundance Film Festival:
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic — “Winter’s Bone,” directed by Debra Granik
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary — “Restrepo,” directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic — “Animal Kingdom,” directed by David Michod
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary — “The Red Chapel,” directed by Mads Brugger
Audience Award: Documentary — “Waiting for Superman,” directed by Davis Guggenheim
Audience Award: Dramatic — “happythankyoumoreplease,” directed by Josh Radnor
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary — “Wasteland,” directed by Lucy Walker
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic — “Contracorriente” (Undertow), directed by Javier Fuentes-Leon
Best of Next — “Homewrecker,” directed by Todd Barnes and Brad Barnes
The Directing Award: Documentary — “Smash His Camera,” directed by Leon Gast
The Directing Award: Dramatic — “3 Backyards,” directed and written by Eric Mendelsohn
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary — “Space Tourists,” directed by Christian Frei
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic — “Southern District,” directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award — “Winter’s Bone,” written by Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini
World Cinema Screenwriting Award – “Southern District,” written by Juan Carlos Valdivia
Documentary Editing Award — “Joan Rivers; A Piece Of Work,” edited by Penelope Falk
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award — “A Film Unfinished,” edited by Joelle Alexis
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary — “The Oath,” shot by Kirsten Johnson and Laura Poitras
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic — “Obselidia,” shot by Zak Mulligan
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary — “His & Hers,” shot by Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic — “The Man Next Door,” directed by Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic for Breakout Performance — Tatiana Maslany, “Grown Up Movie Star”
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary — “Enemies of the People,” directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
Special Jury Prize: Documentary — “Gasland,” directed by Josh Fox
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic — “Sympathy for Delicious,” directed by Mark Ruffalo
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking — “Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln,” directed by Jeremy Konner
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking — “The Six Dollar Fifty Man,” directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland
Alfred P. Sloan Prize — “Obselidia,” directed by Diane Bell
IN THEATERS THIS WEEK:
Dear John (PG-13 for sensuality and violence) Channing Tatum stars in the title role of this bittersweet romance drama about a soldier who comes to regret reenlisting after 9-11 when the high school sweetheart (Amanda Seyfried) who promised to wait for him instead sends him a letter informing him that she’s engaged to another guy (Henry Thomas). With Richard Jenkins, Luke Benward and Scott Porter.
From Paris with Love (R for graphic violence, pervasive profanity, drug use and brief sexuality) Political potboiler about an American spy (John Travolta) who joins forces with a low-level employee (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) of the U.S. embassy to prevent a terrorist attack in Paris. (In English and French with subtitles)
Ajami (Unrated) Ethnic tensions abound in this “Crash”-like, slice-of-life ensemble drama examining around the deteriorating state of Palestinian-Jewish relations in the ancient, Israeli seacoast city of Jaffa. Cast includes Fouad Habash, Nisrine Haban and Elias Saba. (In Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles)
District 13: Ultimatum (R for profanity, violence and drug use) David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli buddy-up for another futuristic adventure featuring action-packed, acrobatic hijinks in an impoverished Parisian ‘hood. This installment revolves around the pair’s attempt to breakup a heroin ring being protected by corrupt cops and high powered politicians. (In French with subtitles)
Falling Awake (R for violence, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Romantic musical about an ambitious, young guitarist (Andrew Cisneros) determined to play his way out of his crime-infested Bronx ‘hood with the help of his beautiful girlfriend from Brooklyn (Jenna Dewan). With Nestor Serrano, Julie Carmen and Chris “Kazi” Rolle.
Frozen (R for profanity and disturbing images) Bone-chilling thriller about three desperate snowboarders (Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell and Shawn Ashmore) facing the specter of frostbite and freezing to death after they’re accidentally stranded on a ski lift during frigid weather at a resort that’s just closed for a week.
Terribly Happy (Unrated) Crime thriller about a Copenhagen cop (Jakob Cedergren) who is reassigned after suffering a nervous breakdown to a small town only to end up at odds with the local bully (Kim Bodnia), a wife beater with a flirtatious wife (Lena Maria Christensen). (In Danish with subtitles)
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