The date on which the cash sounded.

Tired, Bronze sci-fi remake? Regardless of spectacle is always: "The day the Earth stood still" has become sovereign in the United States to the top of the charts cinema set. In Germany trotzten animals from the animated "Madagascar 2" the aliens.
  Los Angeles / San Francisco - It is one of those typical box-office phenomena: "The day the Earth stood still," the ecologically upgraded remake of the sci-fi classic from the fifties, sat down as expected at the forefront of American Cinema charts and played proud, though not outstanding 31 million U.S. dollars in 3560 cinemas On. The reviewers were thoroughly subdued the audience does not appear to depend on the spectacle with Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly a chance to give.
However, it is expected that the long run not vorhält: Next weekend, when the word of mouth has made the rounds, the sales probably dramatically, up to 60 percent, declined. No wonder that Hollywood studios only to start the weekend set: once the main square one, everything else governs the DVD sales.
Second place in North American movie charts claimed the Christmas comedy "My treasure, our family and I", which once implemented 13.3 million U.S. dollars and now stands at 88 million U.S. dollars turnover lies. More than 150 million U.S. dollars has been the best-selling adaptation "Twilight - bite to the dawn" recorded, which this weekend with eight million U.S. dollars occupies third place. Fourth place went to the Disney animated film "Bolt - A dog for all eventualities", which once implemented 7.5 million U.S. dollars (total: 88.9 million). "Australia", Baz Luhrmans Down Under spectacle with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the next week in Germany, will deal with claims 4.3 million U.S. dollars turnover in fifth place, placed a total of only 37.9 million U.S. dollars in the USA.
"Nothing Like the Holidays", another Christmas comedy with John Leguizamo and Debra Messing, started with a meager 3.5 million U.S. dollars revenue to rank seven. Notable: Clint Eastwood's new film "Gran Torino", his supposed last appearance before the camera, started in only six theaters in Los Angeles, but sat proud to 284,000 U.S. dollars.
German cinema audience had little appetite for apocalypse and gave "The day the Earth stood still" a basket. The apocalyptic spectacle had, according to "Focus on Film" with the second place of the charts simply because Vorwochenspitzenreiter "Madagascar 2" once again attracted 950,000 viewers.
"The day the Earth stood still," launched in 681 cinemas, has only about 300,000 viewers, and could just as precisely against with only 493 copies underway "Inkheart" claim. Cornelia Funke-the-filming had 220,000 viewers. Fourth place went to the Bond film "A Quantum consolation," which once attracted 80,000 spectators. Rank and found five with the comedy "The Women" another restart: Despite 351 copies in use and star cast of Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes came the remake of George Cukor "The Women" only around 70,000 visitors.
The thriller "Transsiberian", started with 85 copies, had nearly 9,000 spectators with vorliebnehmen - 15th place Overall, about 2.2 million tickets resolved, a very good record.