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Mar 8, 2010

At the box office over the weekend ended March 14, “Alice in Wonderland” remained at No. 1 with $62.0 million in ticket sales, followed by new release “Green Zone,” which brought in $14.5 million.

In DVD rentals for the week ended March 7 according to IMDb.com, “2012” debuted as the top rental, followed by last week’s No. 1, “Law Abiding Citizen.”

On iTunes yesterday morning, “Break Your Heart” by Taio Cruz was No. 1 for the second straight week, followed by B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ On You.”

And in books, “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the week ended March 6, and at No. 3 on USA Today’s book chart for the week ended March 7.

TOP MOVIES
Weekend Box Office Estimates
Weekend of March 12-14, 2010

Rank

MOVIE

Engagements

Box office (millions)

1

Alice in Wonderland (Disney)

3,728

$62.00

2

Green Zone (Universal)

3,003

$14.54

3

She’s Out of My League (DreamWorks)

2,956

$9.60

4

Remember Me ( Summit)

2,212

$8.30

5

Shutter Island ( Paramount)

3,356

$8.14

6

Our Family Wedding (Fox Searchlight)

1,605

$7.60

7

Avatar (Fox)

1,718

$6.60

8

Brooklyn ’s Finest (Overture)

1,939

$4.29

9

Cop Out (Warner Bros.)

2,882

$4.23

10

The Crazies (Overture)

2,359

$3.65

Source: Yahoo Movies

  

IMDb TOP DVD RENTALS
Week ending March 7, 2010

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

2012

-

2

Law Abiding Citizen

1

3

Couples Retreat

2

4

Where the Wild Things Are

-

5

The Informant!

4

6

The Time Traveler’s Wife

3

7

Zombieland

5

8

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

6

9

The Box

7

10

Sorority Row

9

Source: IMDB

 

 

ITUNES TOP 10 SONG DOWNLOADS
Week ended Monday, March 15, 2010

Rank

TITLE

1

Break Your Heart, Taio Cruz

2

Nothin’ On You, B.o.B.

3

Hey, Soul Sister, Train

4

Rude Boy, Rihanna

5

Imma Be, Black Eyed Peas

6

Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

7

Baby, Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris

8

Blah Blah Blah, Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3

9

Carry Out, Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake

10

In My Head, Jason Derulo

Source: iTunes

 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week ending March 6, 2010

Fiction (hardback)

Rank

TITLE

Last week

Weeks on chart

1

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

-

1

2

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2

49

3

Fantasy In Death by J.D. Robb

1

2

4

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

-

1

5

Worst Case by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

6

5

Nonfiction (hardback)

1

No Apology by Mitt Romney

-

1

2

Lift by Kelly Corrigan

-

1

3

Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

1

8

4

Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler

-

1

5

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

2

5

Fiction (paperback)

1

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

1

3

2

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

3

9

3

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

2

6

4

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

5

37

5

The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

4

2

Nonfiction (paperback)

1

A Patriot’s History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen

-

4

2

The Lost City of Z by David Grann

1

6

3

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

2

23

4

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

3

162

5

The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood

4

4

Source: New York Times

 

USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week ending March 7, 2010

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

1

2

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

2

3

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

-

4

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

3

5

No Apology by Mitt Romney

-

6

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

6

7

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

5

8

Malice by Lisa Jackson

15

9

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3: The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

7

10

The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs

11

Source: USA Today






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