'Strings' pulls top b.o. gross
LOS ANGELES - Audiences weren't afraid of committing to "No Strings Attached," making it the No. 1 movie at the box office in its opening weekend.
LOS ANGELES - Audiences weren't afraid of committing to "No Strings Attached," making it the No. 1 movie at the box office in its opening weekend.
The romantic comedy from Paramount Pictures earned an estimated $20.3 million, according to studio estimates released yesterday.
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star as friends who try to maintain a purely sexual relationship with each other, even as they find they're falling in love.
Last week's No. 1 movie, Columbia Pictures' action comedy "The Green Hornet," dropped to second place with $18.1 million. It has now made $63.4 million total. Seth Rogen stars as the title playboy-turned-superhero, based on the 1930s radio show, with Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou as his sidekick, Kato.
It was the 11th weekend in a row that was down from the same time the previous year, when James Cameron's behemoth "Avatar" was still dominating from its debut at the end of 2009.
Despite this, many industry observers expect that 2011 could be a record year at the box office, with total grosses surpassing $11 billion for the first time ever.