The Top Movies of Friday, March 2, 2012

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Doctor Seuss' The Lorax	Universal	Adventure	$17,526,300		3,729	$4,700	$17,526,300	1
2	(new)	Project X	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$8,125,879		3,055	$2,660	$8,125,879	1
3	(1)	Act of Valor	Relativity	Action	$3,808,742	+141.67%	3,053	$1,248	$35,348,088	8
4	(2)	Safe House	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,927,515	+142.91%	2,553	$755	$102,892,005	22
5	(4)	The Vow	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,849,986	+181.11%	2,826	$655	$107,462,335	22
6	(3)	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,834,761	+168.58%	2,132	$861	$20,579,393	8
7	(5)	This Means War	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,678,176	+186.52%	2,342	$717	$37,516,815	15
8	(8)	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,369,423	+188.27%	3,060	$448	$80,055,922	22
9	(6)	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,117,224	+115.95%	2,487	$449	$41,297,963	15
10	(7)	Wanderlust	Universal	Comedy	$1,111,110	+126.76%	2,002	$555	$9,751,925	8
11	(10)	Gone	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$943,750	+249.81%	2,186	$432	$6,891,727	8
12	(9)	The Artist	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$938,801	+187.58%	1,756	$535	$34,127,219	99
-	(11)	Chronicle	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$523,609	+128.41%	1,054	$497	$59,438,875	29
-	(14)	The Woman in Black	CBS Films	Thriller/Suspense	$345,072	+105.94%	812	$425	$51,431,987	29
-	(16)	The Descendants	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$322,272	+111.22%	694	$464	$79,422,998	108
-	(15)	Hugo	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$283,826	+81.07%	406	$699	$70,350,403	101
-	(13)	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$219,543	+22.70%	731	$300	$472,426,171	4,672
-	(18)	Big Miracle	Universal	Drama	$82,570	+87.83%	359	$230	$19,143,150	29
-	(re-entry)	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$74,864		256	$292	$101,857,400	73
-	(17)	The Grey	Open Road	Thriller/Suspense	$73,012	-4.48%	308	$237	$50,546,562	36
-	(26)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$72,027	+291.56%	314	$229	$130,531,256	78
-	(20)	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Warner Bros.	Action	$71,429	+117.54%	266	$269	$186,085,222	78
-	(21)	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$62,734	+109.40%	126	$498	$23,464,960	85
-	(30)	We Bought a Zoo	20th Century Fox	Drama	$61,786	+254.52%	266	$232	$74,224,739	71
-	(28)	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Warner Bros.	Drama	$60,393	+231.25%	303	$199	$31,350,760	69
-	(19)	Red Tails	20th Century Fox	Action	$54,418	+52.62%	249	$219	$48,887,239	43
-	(23)	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Paramount Pictures	Action	$44,058	+96.18%	107	$412	$207,905,518	78
-	(24)	The Adventures of Tintin	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$41,572	+117.28%	215	$193	$77,022,414	73
-	(29)	Contraband	Universal	Action	$32,560	+82.66%	197	$165	$66,274,005	50
-	(27)	Joyful Noise	Warner Bros.	Musical	$31,347	+71.60%	202	$155	$30,684,660	50
-	(25)	Born to be Wild 3D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$27,757	+45.13%	40	$694	$16,724,611	330
-	(22)	Underworld: Awakening	Sony Pictures	Action	$19,033	-25.85%	79	$241	$62,267,802	43
-	(31)	One for the Money	Lionsgate	Comedy	$16,088	+8.67%	117	$138	$26,017,246	36
-	(32)	Albert Nobbs	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$14,597	+14.90%	68	$215	$2,673,745	73
-	(new)	Being Flynn	Focus Features	Comedy	$12,677		4	$3,169	$12,677	1
-	(new)	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	UTV Communications	Romantic Comedy	$8,125		26	$313	$130,940	8
-	(37)	Happy Feet Two	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,994	+118.18%	85	$94	$63,956,713	106
-	(35)	Shame	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,446	+48.42%	22	$338	$3,834,270	92
-	(new)	Paan Singh Tomar	UTV Communications	Action	$4,101		10	$410	$4,101	1
-	(40)	The Sitter	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,766	+105.34%	21	$179	$30,517,122	85
-	(36)	Haywire	Relativity	Thriller/Suspense	$2,866	-31.86%	32	$90	$18,845,927	43
-	(38)	Pariah	Focus Features	Drama	$2,536	+7.32%	13	$195	$722,097	66
-	(re-entry)	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	UTV Communications	Romantic Comedy	$2,078		10	$208	$1,141,803	22
-	(41)	In The Land of Blood and Honey	FilmDistrict	Drama	$1,772	+160.59%	8	$222	$296,803	71
-	(42)	The Devil Inside	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,482	+171.93%	17	$87	$53,197,032	57

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