So funny how the police allowed.

In Germany the film can not joke: first place at the box office took the "cop shop", in second place Mario Barths comedy "men". In the United States had "Monsters vs.. Aliens" the best 3D movie-launch of all time.

 

Hamburg / Los Angeles - Light and bright it must be present when the Germans go to the cinema on the top of the German cinema charts, the comedy "The department store Cop" with Kevin James from the TV series "King of Queens". As "Focus on Film 'reports consisted of roundish actor in his first leading role with 470,000 visitors in 499 cinemas sovereign at the head - and did so again in a strong weekend and the Comedian Mario Barth behind.

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Comedian James as a "cop shop": joker in Uniform

His film "men" built on the second weekend while visibly from, but with 410,000 visitors again reported good numbers and took the hurdle of playing a total of one million visitors. It landed after visitor numbers to the sweet, pink girl movie "Princess Lillifee", the IN 510 cinemas 260,000 cinema-goers - in this case probably: cinema aisles gutters - attracted. The temptation for most first graders interior is apparently pink.

Stark was the increased to 279 copies "
Slumdog Millionaire ', which in its second weekend 245,000 spectators and was recorded in comparison to starting the weekend had suffered little loss.

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The readers "decide the top five with another 120,000 viewers and manages to develop the two million visitor mark. Six visitor numbers was also" The three? - The cursed castle "reported, thus occupied sixth place. It landed with" Suburban Crocodiles "another newcomer, who in 450 cinemas to 90,000 cinema-goers came. New in the top 20 were also"
Notorious BIG "in 249 cinemas ranked twelve had 40,000 visitors, and" The Duchess ", which with 155 copies on square 15 to 30,000 spectators came.

A total of 2.3 million tickets in the German cinemas sold - again convincing figures for the end of each quarter.

USA: Monster launch for 3D film "Monsters"

In the U.S., Jeffrey Katzenberg bill risen: With 58.2 million U.S. dollars had "
Monsters vs.. Aliens "not only the best start of a film in American cinemas this year, but above all the so far best start of a 3D movie at all - and the start of a zwölftbeste animated film and the third-best March-launch yet. Of the total of 4104 Venues the film was on 1550 screens - as Katzenberg planned - will be shown in 3D. This film was spread over a lush 3-D supplement at the ticket office are happy.

Although slating by the critics, came the horror film "The Haunting in Connecticut" at 23 million U.S. dollars, and Lionsgate has already brought the second hit in this year. At the conclusion, the release from 13 years as did the fact that unusually many female viewers in the movie flowed. In third place was the "Knowing" with Nicolas Cage passable and played with a minus of 40 percent additional 14.7 million U.S. dollars one. The film now holds at 46.2 million U.S. dollars and is aiming at a turnover of approximately 80 million U.S. dollars to.

"Witness wanted!" did brilliantly and sat around 12.6 million U.S. dollars. The comedy can be a box office earnings of 46.2 million U.S. dollars presented. "Duplicity - Common Secret Thing" decide the top five. The smart movie with Julia Roberts, however, had a minus of 46 percent suffered and played only 7.6 million U.S. dollars one.

Only in seventh, the action movie "12 Rounds" by Renny Harlin with John Cena On. 5.3 million U.S. dollars in 2331 cinemas are a fairly weak result.