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Title/ Weekend Gross (in Millions USD $$$)

  1. Contraband  $24.5 m
  2. Beauty and The Beast (3D)  $17 m
  3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol $11.7 m
  4. Joyful Noise  $11.2 m
  5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows  $8.6 m

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Title/ Weekend Gross (in millions usd $$$)

1. The Devil Inside $33.7
2. Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol $19.8
3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $13.6
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) $11.3
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $9.4

Checkout list of top grossing (domestic) films of 2011.

Title/ Total Gross in Theatres Domestically (in millions $$$)

  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2 – $381 m
  2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon  – $352 m
  3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn pt 1  $275 m
  4. The Hangover pt 2  $254 m
  5. Pirates of Caribbean: On Stranger Tides  $241 m
  6. Fast Five  $209 m
  7. Cars 2  $191 m
  8. Thors  $181 m
  9. Rise of the Planet of Apes  $176.7 m
  10. Captain America: The First Avenger  $176.6
  11. The Help  $169.4 m

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Title / Weekend Gross (in millions $$$)

  1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol $26.5 m
  2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $17.8 m
  3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $13.3 m
  4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) $13 m
  5. The Adventures fo Tintin $9.1 m
  6. We bought a Zoo $7.8 m
  7. New Year’s Eve $3 m
  8. Arthur Christmas $2.7 m
  9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt 1 $2 m
  10. Hugo $2 m

Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

  1. New Year’s Eve  $13.7
  2. The Sitter  $10 m
  3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1  $7.9 m
  4. The Muppets  $7 m
  5. Arthur Christmas  $6.6 m

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Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Eddie Murphy may soon star in a more serious role, playing former Washington Mayor Marion Barry in a new HBO film project. Read More

TMZ is reporting that Cube Vision, a production company owned by Ice Cube, has confirmed that efforts are underway to create fourth entry in the popular Friday franchise, titled ‘Last Friday’  All cast members from previous Friday’s such as Chris Tucker (Smoky) and Tom “Tiny” Lister Jr. (Debo) have been asked to play in the film.

source: Forbes

The Twilight movies are more than a cultural sensation, they’re a financial phenomenon. The latest, Breaking Dawn, has ranked No. 1 at the U.S. box office for the past three weekends and has already earned $588 million worldwide. The entire franchise has brought in $2.4 billion so far and there’s still one more movie set for release next year.

It’s been a lot of reward for relatively little outlay. The first two movies were produced for $37 million and $50 million, respectively. The current film is the most expensive to date with an estimated budget of $110 million. Part of the reason the budget has risen is that stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are getting paid more for playing Bella and her vampire boyfriend Edward, but they’re still not getting the $20 million paychecks that some big stars can command.

Checkout the top 5 best Hollywood Actors for the buck after the jump.

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Title/ Weekend Gross (in Millions)

  1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 1   $16.9 m
  2. The Muppets    $11.2 m
  3. Hugo   $7.6 m
  4. Arthur Christmas   $7.3 m
  5. Happy Feet Two   $6 m

 

This film, called Olive, went up on Kickstarter today and was shot entirely using a Nokia N8 phone and a special designed 35mm lens.

Director Hooman Khalili states the difference between Olive and other films that have tried the whole “movie shot on a smartphone” gimmick — like The Wrong Ferrari — is that he intends to show the film in theatres. Khalili even itends to submit it for Oscar consideration — which would be a first for a smartphone-shot film.
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Title/ Weekend Gross (in millions)

  1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1   $41.6 m
  2. The Muppets    $29.2 m
  3. Happy Feet Two  $13.3 m
  4. Arthur Christmas  $12 m
  5. Hugo  $11.3 m
  6. Jack and Jill  $10 m
  7. Immortals  $8.8 m
  8. Puss in Boots   $7.5 m
  9. The Descendants  $7.3 m
  10. Tower Heist  $7.1m 

Movies are great ways to learn from other people’s stories and mistakes.  Entrepreneurs are constantly looking to learn new things.  GWOP Magazine staff has compiled a list of 10 movies we believe all entrepreneurs should see to help their start-up.  These movies provide inspiration, motivation and introspective.  Check out the full list after the jump.

Scarface (1983) starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana

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