Triumph of the animals.

They are unstoppable, the funny four-legged from "Madagascar 2": The animated film dominated lasting German cinema charts. Even the Americans like it tierisch: The dog comedy "Marley & Me" claimed the top position in the U.S. cinemas.
  Los Angeles / Hamburg - The reign of the animals on the German cinema charts also holds in the new year. "Madagascar 2" to defend the fourth time the top position, and last weekend attracted 400,000 visitors to. This is the animation comedy by DreamWorks, within a very short time just before the five-million viewers hurdle. The U.S. production would be launched in 2008 the only film with so many visitors.
DDPWeihnachts blockbuster "Madagascar 2": Successful Four-legged

Second place went according to "Focus on Film" in Baz Luhrmann "Australia" with just 300,000 viewers, followed by "1 1 / 2 Knights - In Search of ravishing Herzelinde". Til Schweiger Knight slapstick gathered once again at the weekend and took 300,000 fans to a million spectators hurdle. The fantasy comedy "Bedtime Stories" landed with 250,000 spectators on the fourth place, before "Buddenbrooks," with 160,000 Kinogängern.
When rebooting, the best thriller "Short process - Righteous Kill" with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the race: with 210 copies in use attracted the two acting veterans around 120,000 visitors. Overall in German cinemas: little movement, but a lot of turnover. Again at the weekend were 2.2 million tickets sold.
Even in the U.S. there is little new at the top of the charts, but also plenty of turnover: The dog comedy "Marley & me", in which Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson play, skipped over the weekend, the 100-million-dollar Brand and played only its second weekend at 24 million U.S. dollars one.
Children Adam Sandler comedy "Bedtime Stories" also landed on the second weekend with 20.3 million U.S. dollars to rank two. Both lost in the Christmas blockbuster last weekend compared to the unusually low sales of its strength. Also, the potential Oscar candidates are running exceptionally well, especially David Fincher's film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, in the third week of 18.4 million U.S. dollars and is now already implemented 79.2 million U.S. dollars in total box office is located - in third place.
Other Oscar and Golden Globe-running candidates for the awards with a limited number of copies. The theatrical adaptation of "Doubt" ( "faith") with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman is now in 1200 cinemas and continued solid weekend to five million U.S. dollars. At the same amount also ranks Danny Boyle hochgelobter film "Slumdog Millionaire", the 4.7 million U.S. dollars recordings. And finally, also sets "Revolutionary Road" by Sam Mendes with Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio in the lead roles a bit too: After a further 30 copies were sent into the race, increased sales to 1.3 million U.S. dollars.
Bryan Singer thriller "Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg assassination" in Germany until 22 January, will be held with 14.3 million U.S. dollars in fourth place of the American movie charts. The German Resistance drama with Tom Cruise as Stauffenberg Hitler assassin in the U.S. has already implemented 60.7 million U.S. dollars, more than the experts repeatedly postponed historical film would have believed. Jim Carreys "Yes Man" rounds out the top five with 13.9 million U.S. dollars from sales.