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Fifth goes to The Roommate, which held better than it had any right to. The Roommate earned $8.4 million in its second weekend, following a first place finish with $15 million last weekend. The Screen Gems release fell a respectable 44%, and reaffirms my plans to move either very far north or very far south as soon as possible. The $16 million horror flick has now earned $26 million, and is another winner in the goofy library of PG-13 horror that Screen Gems has amassed.

The King's Speech spent Wednesday and Thursday in the number one spot – the first time the Best Picture nominee had accomplished that feat - before running into four openers and The Roommate to finish sixth this weekend (I hear the hinterland is nice this time of year). The King's Speech earned $8.4 million and thankfully dropped only 4% compared to the previous weekend. Now in wide release for eight weekends, The King's Speech has amassed $93.9 million domestically, and has a similar amount earned overseas. All of this against a budget of $15 million – that's earnings so far that equal 10 times the production budget.

No Strings Attached falls to seventh, but still holds well despite the addition of Just Go With It. The Natalie Portman starrer earned $5.6 million in its fourth weekend, and dropped only 29%. The $25 million Paramount production has now pulled in $59.9 million.

Sanctum finishes in eighth place, with the 3D movie with James Cameron's name attached as Executive Producer dropped 46% to $5.1 million. People aren't really finding much reason to see this flick, as reviews are tepid and the subject matter is pretty dull. Sanctum's total after two weekends is $17.5 million.

Ninth goes to True Grit, which manages an eighth consecutive weekend in the top 10. True Grit earned $3.8 million this weekend, and dipped 19%. With the Oscars still two full weekends away, True Grit will pad the $160.3 million it's earned so far, and with some wins, could pull the domestic gross up to $175 million.

Finally in tenth is The Green Hornet, the Seth Rogen action/hero film that's been hanging around since January. The Green Hornet earned $3.6 million this weekend, falling 40% from last frame. The Green Hornet has taken in a very respectable $92.3 million, which would look a lot better if the film's budget hadn't skyrocketed over the years to $120 million. Still, it's looking to be a profitable venture once ancillary revenues are figured in.

Overall this weekend, the box office pulled out of its funk, but at what cost to the people seeing these movies? All kidding aside, the weekend was strong, with the top 12 earning $142 million. We haven't seen a top 12 do that well since Christmas, and puts last weekend's $75 million frame behind us. A year ago, Valentine's Day mixed with President's Day and made $189 million. With the calendar setup different this year, comparisons aren't as strong. Next weekend brings some interesting films out for the President's Day frame. Openers include I Am Number Four (despite being directed by DJ Caruso), Unknown with Liam Neeson who dominated February box office a few years ago with Taken, and Big Momma's House 3.

Top Weekend Box Office for 2/11/11-2/13/11 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Just Go With It	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$31,000,000	$30,514,732	New	$30,514,732
2	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Paramount	$30,260,000	$29,514,054	New	$30,256,601
3	Gnomeo and Juliet	Touchstone Pictures	$25,500,000	$25,356,909	New	$25,356,909
4	The Eagle	Focus Features	$8,589,219	$8,684,464	New	$8,684,464
5	The Roommate	Sony/Columbia	$8,400,000	$8,126,025	- 45.8%	$25,778,926
6	The King's Speech	The Weinstein Company	$7,412,000	$7,230,790	- 6.2%	$93,675,761
7	No Strings Attached	Paramount	$5,645,000	$5,810,291	- 27.4%	$60,031,078
8	Sanctum	Warner Bros.	$5,131,760	$5,661,705	- 40.1%	$18,035,075
9	True Grit	Paramount Pictures	$3,770,000	$3,785,344	- 18.4%	$160,355,029
10	The Green Hornet	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$3,600,000	$3,673,909	- 38.4%	$92,405,961
11	The Rite	Warner Bros.	$3,220,000	$3,252,360	- 41.8%	$28,858,297
12	The Mechanic	CBS Films	$3,135,000	$3,202,921	- 39.5%	$25,418,653
	Also Opening/Notables
	Cedar Rapids	Fox Searchlight	$310,789	$302,968	New	$302,968
	2011 Oscar Nominated Short Films	Shorts Int'l	N/A	$300,706	New	$300,706
	Poetry	Kino	N/A	$18,900	New	$18,900
	Vidal Sassoon: the Movie	Phase 4 Films	$14,274	$13,053	New	$13,053
	Orgasm Inc.	First Run	N/A	$8,773	New	$8,773
	Certifiably Jonathan	Area23a	N/A	$7,826	New	$7,826
	Biutiful		$590,000	$580,245	- 9.6%	$2,263,341
	The Company Men	The Weinstein Company	$525,400	$518,025	- 5.6%	$3,032,070
	Blue Valentine	The Weinstein Company	$586,535	$585,508	- 25.5%	$8,211,610
	The Fighter	Paramount	$2,160,000	$2,165,480	- 23.7%	$85,632,024
	Black Swan	Universal	$2,150,000	$2,122,555	- 37.1%	$99,337,220
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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