Box Office Results: No Strings Attached on Top, Green Hornet Stays Strong

Playing exactly to the cue, No Strings Attached was the number movie at the box office, being the sole new release of the week. Still, compared to the year prior, the box office attendance was down 26 percent, thanks to a little movie called Avatar still dominating at the theaters. The $20 million comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman pulled in $20.3 million on its first weekend, making sure that the rated R comedy will be a profitable film for Paramount. The movie which opened on 3,500 screens at 3,018 locations makes it Natalie Portman’s second highest opening grossing open, behind V for Vendetta and matched Ashton Kutcher’s What Happened in Vegas.

The Green Hornet continued its fantastic run, now in theaters for two weeks and was able to pull in another $18.1 million, putting the $120 million action comedy at $63.4 million for its current US gross. Though not an exact apples for apples, Green Hornet has already surpassed Kick Ass‘s final tally for a superhero comedy.

Another film on its second weekend run is The Dilemma, starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, which took a 45 percent dip to an estimated $9.7 million for a $33.4 million 10 day gross. It’s doubtful if the $70 million comedy by director Ron Howard will ever make its money back during its theatrical release.

A complete 180 from The Dilemma results was The King’s Speech which dipped only .2 percent and tallied another $9.1 million, putting the film on part with last weeks earning of $9.2 million. The ever slow expanding movie has grabbed $58.6 million during its current 59 day run. The film had a $15 million budget. Other holdovers include True Grit, down only 27 percent. This weekend’s $8 million draw helped the $38 million Coen Brothers’ western cross into $138 million territory making it the number 2 western, only behind the 1990 Dances with Wolves which sits at $184.2 million.