Valentine Greetings from the butcher.

It must again be gebibbert - mask killer Jason is back: On Valentine's Day weekend of sex offender drove lovers in the U.S. cinemas - how fitting that Friday the 13th was. In Germany, surprised a comedy from Turkey.

 

Berlin / Los Angeles - The situation is made teen movies widely known: Who in the Movies examines physical contact, looks best in a horror movie. Splashing blood on the canvas, drawing perhaps the beloved or the key to a centimeter up to then - oh horror! - In the arm to be taken.

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A scene from "Friday the 13th ': Happy Valentine's Day!

The U.S. as a nation cinema know this trick from the course effeff. For Valentine's Day last weekend gave many Americans their great love for a ticket for "Friday the 13th" - And so brought the infamous remake of the original slasher movie the best start of a horror movie ever. 42.2 million U.S. dollars (3105 copies) to the slaughter played hockey mask killer Jason, according to "Focus on Film" on the first weekend - already more than double the roughly 19 million U.S. dollars production costs.

It was the best place to start a film with an R rating since the Angelina Jolie-orgy-Shooter "Wanted." And by "Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Amityville Horror" was the third successful restart a horror franchise by Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes, which is now on a reboot of Nightmare - Murderous Dreams "works.

If "Friday the 13th" despite Händchenhalt warranty then it was too hard, was with Jennifer Aniston and fun communication problems between husband and wife relax. Their comedy "It is simply not for you" stayed in the second week with sales of 19.6 million U.S. dollars in second place. Overall, the film is 55.1 million U.S. dollars already implemented.

It landed classic action movie with Liam Neeson as an ex-agent on the hunt for his abducted daughter. "Taken - 96 Hours" also played on the third weekend strong 19.3 million U.S. dollars - a minimum of minus six percent. Overall, the revenge thriller 77.9 million U.S. dollars already implemented. After "Gran Torino" and "The cop shop", which also significantly exceeded expectations, he will the third movie this year, the 100-million-dollar barrier takes.

The romantic Jerry Bruckheimer comedy "Shopaholic - The bargain hunter" won the second restart of the week with 15.4 million U.S. dollars in 2507 cinemas in fourth place and landed ahead of the animated film "Coraline," with a box of of 15.3 millions of dollars just nine percent now and delivered 40.4 million U.S. dollars has recorded. Better yet, cut "The cop shop", which still than eight percent and its total box office after 11.7 million U.S. dollars over the weekend at 110.5 million U.S. dollars increased.

And Tom Tykwer could also be satisfied: the celebrated German director with
"The International" ranked six and 10 million U.S. dollars shakedown (2364 copies) of the best US-start his career.

Laughter in Turkish

In Germany, there were at least at the top no big changes --
"The Strange Case of Benjamin Button" was its leading position with 240,000 visitors for the second time to defend - was surprising, however, the continued success of the Turkish comedy "Recep ivedik 2. They landed with a cutting sensation of 2500 visitors per copy in fourth place in the German charts, but the film only ran in 75 cinemas.

Already the previous film by director Togan Gökbakar had his rental Movies Starring a successful launch brings the weekend when he was with an average of 1326 visitors per copy (at 62 locations) with 82,238 visitors to sixth place went to the starting line. Overall, the film was seen by 311,698 viewers. Part two was the number of visitors at the weekend starting with 190,000 Kinogängern more than doubled. He is now hunting for the most successful Turkish film in German cinemas, "Valley of the Wolves", which, controversially discussed, 410,005 visitors were recorded.

Tom Tykwer
"The International" in Germany, landed in second place. The Thriller ran a week after its world premiere as the opening film at the Berlinale with 210,000 viewers in 474 cinemas. It is Germany's third best start of a Tykwer film, behind "
The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer "and" Run Lola Run ".

At number three landed the comedy "He is just not for you" in 398 cinemas 190,000 viewers saw. completes the top five of the vampire romance
"Twilight - Biss at dawn" 115,000 visitors.

The first in Germany on Friday, the 13th, launched "Friday the 13th" came in 192 cinemas with 90,000 spectators on the seventh place. Almost at the Top Ten failed the Neuverfilmung of "Effi Briest." Hermione Huntgeburth Fontane was filming in 155 cinemas of 60,000 Kinogängern seen. Overall, in German cinemas on the weekend about 1.9 million. Tickets resolved.