Box Office Results and Weekly Movie News

Movies coming out this week!

Inglourious Basterds - An American-led killing squad known as "The Basterds" terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during World War II.

Post Grad - When recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Bledel) discovers she can't land a good job because of the working world's harsh climate, she moves back in with her oddball family in order to reconsider her options.

My One and Only - A 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellweger) leaves her adulterous husband and embarks on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard on a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons.

Casi divas - A comedy centered on four women, each of them from different corners of Mexico, vying with hundreds of other aspiring actresses for roles in a movie producer's new project. Their respective missions become crystal clear once one of the country's top actresses -- who also happens to be the producer's on-again, off-again lover -- fails to get the starring role.

Movies coming out on DVD and Blu-ray!

Hannah Montana: The Movie
The Last House on the Left
Tyson

Box Office results for the weekend!

1 District 9 $37.0 M

2 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $22.5 M

3 The Time Traveler's Wife $19.2 M

4 Julie & Julia $12.4 M

5 G-Force $6.9 M

6 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard $5.3 M

7 Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince $5.1 M

8 The Ugly Truth $4.5 M

9 Ponyo $3.5 M

10 500 Days of Summer $3.0 M

The differences between "G.I. Joe" and "District 9" (saw "D-9" over weekend, great movie!) couldn't be more clear. One had a budget north of $200m (if you include marketing) while the other had the name brand power of Peter Jackson. I wonder if this will send a message to Hollywood?

A 59 percent drop for "G.I Joe." It actually outperformed "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" percentage-wise in its second weekend – but without that Wednesday opening. And of course "Transformers 2" had made nearly $300 m domestically once the second weekend ended, "G.I. Joe" is just about to crack $100m.

"Ponyo" and "500 Days of Summer" (saw "500 Days" over the weekend too, another great movie!) have only limited theaters, so they won't be making lots of money. Neither will "The Goods" because it is a comedy with little marketing. And what the heck happened to "Bandslam"? Yeah, it didn't even crack the top 10.

Can "District 9" stay on top next weekend or will Quentin Tarantino's new movie win it all?
(Rope of Silicon)