Contraband Swipes No. 1 Place At Box Office

First Released: The month of january 15, 2012 2:56 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Mark Wahlberg visits Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon at Rockefeller Center, NY City, on The month of january 9, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Contraband handled to steal the very best slot from rivals in the weekend box office. The Universal action drama film starring Mark Wahlberg like a cool smuggler first showed above anticipation at No. 1 with $24 million, while Disneys 3-D rerelease of Beauty and also the Animal waltzed in to the No. 2 position with $18.5 million, based on studio estimations Sunday. Both films assisted boost Hollywoods business following a sluggish holidays. Its great with an uptick within the total box office, and Universal is thrilled that Contraband was the driving pressure behind that, stated Nikki Rocco, mind of distribution for that studio. I believe its mixture of an excellent advertising campaign, audiences love Mark Wahlberg and (producer) Working Title designed a terrific movie, particularly for that cost. Pleased Noise, the Warner Bros. musical comedy starring Full Latifah and Dolly Parton, opened up below anticipation with $11.3 million within the No. 4 place behind Paramounts Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, which gained $11.5 million in the fifth week, getting the entire haul from the 4th installment from the Tom Cruise action franchise to $186.7 million. The Demon Inside, Paramounts horror film that scared up an enormous $33.7 million debut last week, experienced a steep 77 percent drop in the second weekend, arriving at No. 6 with $7.9 million. Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian stated the flicks terrifying plunge didnt matter since the individually created movie already designed a huge profit. Horror movies typically drop large, but that's an enormous drop, stated Dergarabedian. It does not matter because Demon Inside is really a profit-making machine. In case your finances are low enough, who cares whether it drops large and youre earning money? Its already probably the most lucrative films of history year, so theres nothing really to complain about there. Overall domestic revenues totaled $114.5 million, on componen with similar weekend this past year, once the Eco-friendly Hornet brought with $33.5 million and also the box office totaled $115 million, based on box-office tracker Hollywood.com. 1. Contraband, $24 million. 2. Beauty and also the Animal, $18.5 million. 3. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, $11.5 million. 4. Pleased Noise, $11.3 million. 5. A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows, $8.4 million. 6. The Demon Inside, $7.9 million. 7. The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo, $6.8 million. 8. Alvin and also the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $5.8 million. 9. War Equine, $5.six million. 10. The Iron Lady, $5.3 million. Copyright 2012 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.