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Pamela McClintock Nicolas Cage's 'Drive Angry' is dead on arrival at No. 9; new version of Justin Bieber film rules at No. 6 after nabbing $9.2 million.read more

The Farrelly brothers’ R-rated comedy Hall Pass opened to a soft $4.6 million on Friday, and will likely be beat by holdovers Gnomeo & Juliet and Unknown for the weekend.

Pamela McClintock DreamWorks and Touchstone's teen sci-fi adventure lands at No. 2 with softer-than-expected $19.5 million as newcomer 'Big Mommas' opens in fifth place.read more

The weekend box office crown is still up for grabs as the Liam Neeson thriller and the sci-fi adventure are only $500,000 apart in estimated grosses.

Pamela McClintock Justin Bieber doc comes in second with $30.3 mil, while other newcomers 'Gnomeo & Juliet' and 'The Eagle' take third and fourth spots, respectively.read more

Screen Gems is back in good form with thriller The Roommate, which easily beat Universal/Relativity’s 3D Sanctum at the Friday box office in grossing an estimated $6.4 million from 2,534 screens. Sanctum, executive produced by James Cameron, grossed an estimated $3.6 million from 2,787 runs, including more than 2,000 3D runs. The Australian adventure-thriller also is playing in 178 Imax theaters.

New Line/Warner Bros.’ Anthony Hopkins horror-exorcism pic The Rite topped the box office Friday, grossing an estimated $5.3 million from 3,022 theaters.

Paramount's Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher R-rated romantic comedy No Strings Attached topped the weekend box office with a solid $20.3 million start, while The King's Speech neared a dazzling domestic cume of $60 million for a victorious Weinstein Co.

The Green Hornet landed with more of a box-office prick than a sting, collecting $10.8 million on Friday, according to studio estimates. That puts the $110 million movie, starring Seth Rogen as the titular superhero, on pace for a four-day holiday weekend grab of about $36 million.

Chinese box office takings surged 64 percent to $1.5 billion in 2010. Film officials say the figure still lags more developed markets and urged local filmmakers to make better movies that can compete with Hollywood blockbusters like "Avatar" and "Inception."