"Transporter" instead of tears.

With Karacho into the new year: Action in the best mood stormed to the German public-Jason Stratham film "Transporter 3" and catapulted him to the top of the cinema charts. The Americans like it dramatically: it gives the Clint Eastwood-drama "Gran Torino" at the top.

 

Los Angeles / Hamburg - Will Smith is good, but Jason Straham is better - according to this motto stormed at the weekend in Germany, slightly more than 500,000 spectators, the cinema and saw action in the best mood "Transporter 3" on. That is a huge increase over the first two parts: "Transporter - The Mission", according to "Focus on Film" in the autumn of 2005 to launch and 145,540 visitors came to 750,000 total viewers, "The Transporter" in 2002 brought a total of only 150,000 spectators.

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Cast Stratham in "Transporter 3" puts the audience in Action German mood

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"Seven lives" with Will Smith and Rosario Dawson brought it to only 330,000 viewers - a solid result, with the launch of "The pursuit of happiness" resembles the first collaboration between the mega-stars Smith with director Gabriele Muccino two years ago, with 361,400 visitors in total loslegte and attracted 1.5 million visitors.

In the third place landed "Madagarscar 2", after six weeks to slow the breath seems to be assumed. After all he could with 180,000 visitors again before kitsch spectacle
"Australia" place of of 170,000 visitors were seen. At 125 tickets sold made it Til Schweiger Blödel comedy "1 1 / 2 Ritter - in search of the ravishing Herzelinde" once again to fifth place.

Marcus H. Rosenmüller fifth movie in three years failed just before the top Ten. His Youth Drama
"The Perlmutterfarbe" came in 176 cinemas to 40,000 visitors. Christian Petzold's Venice-contribution "Jerichow" made it to launch in 37 cinemas with 17,000 spectators at 14th place Also new in the top 20: "Old age and beauty," with 13,000 Kinogängern in 57 cinemas.

Overall, in Germany approximately 2.0 million cinema tickets.

In the U.S., Clint Eastwood was on the best start so far result of his long career look with a sensational 29 million U.S. dollars occupied his drama "Gran Torino," in which he also plays the leading role, on the first weekend in 2808 cinemas surprisingly clear number one. Former Eastwood-leader was "Space Cowboys" in 2000 with 18.1 million U.S. dollars was received. Overall, "Gran Torino" is now at 40.1 million U.S. dollars. When Warner Bros., it is assumed that the film is Eastwood's eternal past champions, "Million Dollar Baby", the 100.5 million U.S. dollars recordings, and "Erbarmungslos" (101.2 million U.S. dollars) will overtake. In any case, "Gran Torino" is already before Eastwood's previous films: "The third son," came in October in cinemas and played 35.7 million U.S. dollars one.

But on the second and third place knallten the cork: "Bride Wars - best girlfriends" secured cinemas in 3226 and 21.5 million U.S. dollars with a pleasing result good box office, which deals with the other top Romatikkomödien comparative can last "27 Dresses ", also from Fox, the 23 million U.S. dollars at the start followed weekend. A big surprise was the strong performance of the cinemas in 2357 launched Horrorfilms "The Unborn" that nobody really had on the bill, but the 21.2 million U.S. dollars recordings.

In fourth place is "Marley and Me" with 11.4 million U.S. dollars and a total of 123.7 million U.S. dollars, followed by Golden Globe-loser "The Strange Case of Benjamin Button", according to the 9.5 million U.S. dollars at the weekend a total of 94.3 million U.S. dollars already has implemented.