‘Shutter Island’ Brings Freshness to U.S. Box Office
After a long gap, latest released movie ‘Shutter Island’ brought freshness to US box office. The movie has topped the U.S. box office chart, grossing $40.2 million (GBP25.1 million) during its debut weekend (19-21 Feb, 10).
Directed by Martin Scorsese, ‘Shutter Island’ is a thriller movie. The story of the movie revolves around Leonardo DiCaprio (Teddy Daniels) a U.S. marshal, who is investigating the disappearance of a patient at an insane asylum.
Earlier Martin and Leonardo had done three films together. All the three films (‘The Departed’, ‘Gangs of New York’ and ‘The Aviator’) were critically acclaimed.
Their last Oscar-winning film, The Departed, debuted at $26.9 million (GBP16.8 million) in 2006.
Meanwhile, star-studded romantic comedy ‘Valentine’s Day’ lost its charm and slipped to number two, with the collection of $17.2 million (GBP10.8 million). The Garry Marshall film, has many stars like Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher and Bradley Cooper,
James Cameron’s Avatar is still going strong at third place with $16.1 million (GBP10.1 million) – two months after its release.
The sci-fi has broken all the records at U.S. box office with total $687.8 million (GBP429.9 million). Worldwide, the movie has earned $2.47 billion.
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