Monday, March 1, 2010

Shutter Island Tops Box Office for Second Week

Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller Shutter Island is driving movie fans crazy - the film has topped the U.S. box office chart for a second consecutive week.

The new movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a U.S. marshal investigating the disappearance of a patient at a prison for the criminally insane, has scored another $22.2 million, taking its 10-day total to $75.1 million.

Bruce Willis' police comedy Cop Out debuts at number two with an impressive $18.6 million and horror film The Crazies, a remake of George Romero's 1973 movie, is another new entry at three after taking $16.5 million.

Director James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar continues to make headlines - the film is in fourth place with earnings of $14 million, taking its total domestic haul to a whopping $706.9 million, more than two months after its release.

Pierce Brosnan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief rounds out the new box office chart top five.

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