2010 is half-over without noticing it, thanks to the movies that are keeping us entertained for the past eight months already. They are not just ordinary movies, in fact, they are masterpieces in their own right. To know which one reigns supreme, let us check the box office sales as of August 16, 2010. The Expandables is the top grossing film as of this week with $34, 825, 135 box office gross after its debut in more than three thousand cinema last August 13, 2010. The movie is about a mission to depose a South American dictator by a group of elite mercenaries. The conflict erupted due to the arrest of their informants.
The action-war film is one of the most star-studded films in Hollywood in which the main casts are Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Steve Austin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and Randy Couture. The movie was written by David Callaham and co-written and directed by Sylvester Stallone himself. Love Eat Pray is based upon the bestselling book written by Elizabeth Gilbert. The film is starred by Julia Roberts whose character is in desperate search of her heart's desires after a tragic divorce. She went to Italy in pursuit of pleasure. She even traveled to India to seek her spirituality. She also went to Indonesia in search for her true love.
Columbia Pictures bought the movie rights of the author's memoirs. This film hits on the number two spot on its first release in theaters last August 13, 2010 with debut weekend gross of $23, 104, 523 The Other Guy is co-written and directed by Adam McKay raked the box office with $69, 951, 822 box office gross since its release last August 6, 2010.
This action-comedy crime film ranked number three this weekend is about a two New York City detectives, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, paired together and have issues getting along with their job. Inception is another movie masterpiece produced, written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Leonardo DiCaprio is the lead star of this movie. He plays Dom Cobb, a professional thief who infiltrates and takes out information from his victims' subconscious mind while sleeping.
This science-fiction movie topped the box office during its debut weekend with gross earnings of $62. And as of August 16, 2010 it ranked number four with a gross to date box office earnings $248, 649, 482. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is starred by Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Scott Pilgrim is the Sex Bob-Omb Band's bass guitarist and is looking forward of meeting the girl of his dream. The plot revolves around winning the heart Ramona (Winstead) over her seven ex-boyfriends who are going to exterminate him.
This comic adaptation movie from Scott Pilgrim written by Bryan Lee O'Malley earned $10, 609, 795 box office gross sales upon its wide-release in North America. No wonder it has taken it righteous place in the box office ranking.
The abovementioned new release movies have proven their worth in box office sales not to mention the cinematography that truly captures the hearts of the movie goers. However, we still have four months to come and there are still great upcoming movies rushing toward the thousand of theaters worldwide.
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