Box Office North American: sensational debut of “Shutter Island”

The shimmering adaptation of the detective novel and a bestseller by Dennis Lehane published in 2003 has raised $ 40.2 million (29.5 million) in cinemas in North America at the weekend. The feature film tells the story of two police officers investigating the disappearance of a murderess in a psychiatric hospital.

“Shutter Island”, which is the fourth film involving the ticket Scorsese / DiCaprio after “Gangs of New York”, “Aviator” and “The Departed”, allows the two Hollywood stars to achieve their individual best first week box office . So far, the best start for Scorsese was “The Departed” in 2006 with $ 26.9 million (21.7 million) and “Catch Me If You Can” to DiCaprio in 2002 with 30, 1 million dollars (22 million euros).

In second spot was the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” with $ 17.2 million (12.6 million euros), although down sharply from last week (52.4 million dollars/38, 4 million).

The futuristic tale in 3D “Avatar,” which replaced “Titanic” movie under the most lucrative in the history of box office in North America, continue to attract crowds of more than two months after its theatrical release . This weekend, the blue men ecologists director James Cameron have pocketed $ 16.1 million more (11.8 million euros) for the goose that lays the golden eggs at 687.8 million dollars (504.8 million).

Note that the film Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” ( “The negro”), which is projected that in four theaters in the United States (Los Angeles and New York), has nevertheless managed to raise 179,000 dollars (131,000 euros).

Roman Polanski was honored at the Berlin Film Festival as Best Director for this story of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan), who hires a “negro” (Ewan McGregor) to help him finish writing his memoirs on island off the east coast of the United States.

The Franco-Polish film director is under house arrest in his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, pending a possible extradition to the United States within a matter of sexual relations with a minor dating from 1977.

Here are the estimated revenue of the weekend (Friday to Sunday) in North American theaters, according to Hollywood.com:

1. “Shutter Island,” $ 40.2 million (29.5 million).

2. “Valentine’s Day, 17.2 million (12.6 million euros).

3. “Avatar”, 16.1 million (11.8 million euros).

4. “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief,” 15.3 million (11.2 million euros).

5. “Wolfman”, 9.8 million (7.2 million euros).

6. “Dear John”, 7.3 million (5.4 million).

7. Fairy despite him “(” The Tooth Fairy “), 4.5 million (3.3 million euros).

8. “Crazy Heart”, 3 million (2.2 million euros).

9. “From Paris With Love,” 2.5 million (1.8 million)

10. “Out of control” ( “Edge of Darkness”), 2.2 million (1.6 million euros).