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Eighth place goes to Big Miracle, the whale rescue movie that features Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski and is in its second weekend at the box office. The family pleaser earned $3.9 million and was off a pretty steep 50%, showing that the more exciting family fare that entered the market this weekend had an impact. So far, Big Miracle has earned $13.2 million at the box office.

The Decendants holds on to a top ten spot as it comes up in ninth place. The George Clooney drama earned $3.5 million and dropped 23%, and also managed to pass newer films like Underworld: Awakening, One For the Money, and Red Tails. The Alexander Payne release has now earned $70.7 million.

Tenth is Underworld: Awakenings, as the Kate Beckinsale release falls from fifth last weekend. The fourth film of the series earned $2.5 million and dropped 55%. The $70 million release has earned $58.9 million domestically, and $54 million overseas.

Overall, the box office is super hot. The top 12 films managed to earn a combined $173.8 million, a number usually reserved for the summer months. A year ago, the top 12 brought in $134.8 million. Next weekend brings a couple of interesting films to theaters - This Means War with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, and Nic Cage returning as Ghost Rider in Spirit of Vengeance.

Top Weekend Box Office for 2/10/12-2/12/12 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	The Vow	SONY	$41,700,000	New	$41,700,000
2	Safe House	Universal	$39,330,590	New	$39,330,590
3	Journey 2: the Mysterious Island	WARNER BROS.	$27,563,000	New	$27,563,000
4	Star Wars: Episode 10 the Phantom Menace 3d	Fox	$23,000,000	New	$23,000,000
5	Chronicle	Fox	$12,300,000	- 44%	$40,167,267
6	The Woman In Black	Cbs Films	$10,300,000	- 51%	$35,455,487
7	The Grey	Open Road Films	$5,080,000	- 45%	$42,822,264
8	Big Miracle	Universal	$3,860,730	- 50%	$13,196,665
9	The Descendants	Fox Searchlight	$3,500,000	- 23%	$70,729,613
10	Underworld: Awakening	SONY	$2,500,000	- 55%	$58,900,000
11	Red Tails	Twentieth Century Fox	$2,400,000	- 49%	$45,063,386
12	One for the Money	Lionsgate	$2,300,000	- 56%	$23,678,705
	Also Opening/Notables
	Rampart		$65,109	New	$65,109
	In Darkness	Sony Classics	$27,563	New	$27,563
	Chico & Rita	G Kids	$22,500	New	$22,500
	W.E.	The Weinstein Company	$59,660	+ 27%	$121,807
	Man on a Ledge	Summit Entertainment	$1,325,000	- 70%	$17,495,210
	Contraband	Universal	$1,237,745	- 64%	$64,621,230
	The Iron Lady	The Weinstein Company	$1,129,000	- 41%	$22,770,295
	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	WARNER BROS.	$1,505,000	- 60%	$29,439,000
	The Artist	The Weinstein Company	$2,286,000	- 13%	$24,047,786
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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