The 2 Weeks in release animated pic Gnomeo & Juliet beats newcomer adult comedy Hall Pass for the top spot at the cineplex....Drive Angry stopped Dead in its tracks....
Pamela McClintock of THR
The Farrelly brothers' R-rated comedy Hall Pass opened to No. 2 in its debut, beat out by holdover Gnomeo & Juliet, which won the domestic box office race for the first time since since debuting three weeks ago.
Weekend results were another sobering reminder of the continued downturn in theater traffic. Revenues year-to-date are down at least 20% from last year.
Hall Pass, from New Line, grossed a soft $13.4 million from 2,950 theaters. The picture had been expected to open at least several million dollars higher.
The other new wide release, Nicolas Cage starrer Drive Angry 3D, was dead on arrival, grossing an estimated $5.1 million to come in No. 9. Summit Entertainment is distributing the film for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
Disney's Gnomeo grossed an estimated $14.2 million from 3,037 theaters for a cume of $75.1 million in its third weekend. The film, made by the now-shuttered Miramax and released under the Touchstone banner, fell only 26% from last weekend.
Like Gnomeo, Paramount's updated version of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Version 2.0 also was a bright spot at the weekend box office. Jon M. Chu's director's fan cut -- which included 40 minutes of new footage -- succeeded in sparking repeat business.
Never Say Never fell only 29% to an estimated $9.2 million for a cume of $62.8 million in its third weekend. The film, placing No. 6, should eclipse the $65.3 million cume for Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour this week.
The Weinstein Co.'s Oscar frontrunner The King's Speech prospered on the eve of Sunday's Academy Award ceremony. The film was up 17% from last weekend for a new domestic cume of $111.2 million. King's Speech placed No. 8.
Coming in No. 3 in its second weekend was Liam Neeson action-thriller Unknown. The Warner Bros./Dark Castle release fell 43% to an estimated $12.4 million for a cume of $42.8 million in its first 10 days.
Sony's Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Just Go With It continued to hold well in its third frame, grossing an estimated $11.1 million for a cume of $79.4 million, and coming in No. 4.
Just Go With It was in a close race with DreamWorks Studios and Touchstone's teen sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four, which fell 43% in its second weekend to an estimated $11 million for a cume of $37.7 million.
New Regency and 20th Century Fox's Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son saw a bigger dip in its second weekend, falling 54% to an estimated $7.6 million for a cume of $28.6 million....
John Young of EW has more...
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