Contraband Swipes No. 1 Place At Box Office

First Launched: The month of the month of january 15, 2012 2:56 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Mark Wahlberg visits Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon at Rockefeller Center, NY City, around the month of the month of january 9, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Contraband handled to steal the most effective slot from rivals within the weekend box office. The Universal action drama film starring Mark Wahlberg just like a awesome smuggler first demonstrated above anticipation at No. 1 with $24 million, while Disneys 3-D rerelease of Beauty as well as the Animal waltzed to the No. 2 position with $18.5 million, according to studio estimations Sunday. Both films aided boost Hollywoods business carrying out a sluggish holidays. Its great by having an uptick inside the total box office, and Universal is thrilled that Contraband was the driving pressure behind that, mentioned Nikki Rocco, mind of distribution for your studio. In my opinion its combination of a great marketing campaign, audiences love Mark Wahlberg and (producer) Working Title developed a terrific movie, particularly for your cost. Pleased Noise, the Warner Bros. musical comedy starring Full Latifah and Dolly Parton, opened up up below anticipation with $11.3 million inside the No. 4 place behind Paramounts Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, which acquired $11.5 million within the fifth week, obtaining the entire haul in the fourth installment in the Tom Cruise action franchise to $186.7 million. The Demon Inside, Paramounts horror film that scared up a massive $33.7 million debut a week ago, experienced a steep 77 percent drop within the second weekend, coming at No. 6 with $7.9 million. Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian mentioned the movies terrifying plunge didnt matter because the individually produced movie already developed a huge profit. Horror movies typically drop large, but that is a massive drop, mentioned Dergarabedian. It doesn't matter because Demon Inside can be a profit-making machine. Just in case your money are low enough, who cares whether or not this drops large and youre generating money? Its already most likely probably the most lucrative films of history year, so theres nothing really to complain about there. Overall domestic revenues totaled $114.5 million, on componen concentrating on the same weekend a year ago, when the Eco-friendly Hornet introduced with $33.5 million as well as the box office totaled $115 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. 1. Contraband, $24 million. 2. Beauty as well as the Animal, $18.5 million. 3. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, $11.5 million. 4. Pleased Noise, $11.3 million. 5. An Online Detective: A Game Title Title of Shadows, $8.4 million. 6. The Demon Inside, $7.9 million. 7. The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo, $6.8 million. 8. Alvin as well as the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $5.8 million. 9. War Equine, $5.6 000 0000. 10. The Iron Lady, $5.3 million. Copyright 2012 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.