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Jan 30, 2012
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At the box office over the weekend ended Feb. 3, "Chronicle" opened at No. 1 with $22.0 million in ticket sales, while "The Woman in Black" was No. 2 with $21.0 million.

In DVD rentals for the week ended Jan. 29, according to IMDb, “Real Steel” debuted at No. 1, while fellow new release "50/50" was No. 2.

On iTunes yesterday morning, "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson was No. 1 for the second straight week, followed by "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele.

And in books, "Taken" by Robert Crais debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the week ended Jan. 22, and it was also No. 7 on USA Today's chart for the week of Feb. 2.

 

TOP MOVIES
Weekend Box Office Estimates
Weekend of Feb. 3-5, 2012

Rank

MOVIE

Engagements

Box office (millions)

1

Chronicle (Fox)

2,907

$22.00

2

The Woman in Black (CBS)

2,855

$21.00

3

The Grey (Open Road)

3,208

$9.50

4

Big Miracle (Universal)

2,129

$8.50

5

Underworld Awakening (Screengems)

2,636

$5.60

6

One For the Money (Lionsgate)

2,737

$5.25

7

Red Tails (Fox)

2,347

$5.00

8

The Descendants (Fox Searchlight)

2,038

$4.60

9

Man on a Ledge (Summit)

2,998

$4.50

10

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.)

2,505

$3.93

Source: Box Office Mojo

  

DVD RENTALS
Week ending Jan. 29, 2012

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

Real Steel

-

2

50/50

-

3

Paranormal Activity 3

-

4

Moneyball

1

5

Abduction

4

6

The Ides of March

2

7

Courageous

8

8

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

3

9

Dolphin Tale

5

10

The Help

7

Source: IMDb

 

 

ITUNES TOP 10 SONG DOWNLOADS
Week ended Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

Rank

TITLE

1

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson

2

Set Fire to the Rain, Adele

3

Give Me All Your Luvin', Madonna

4

Turn Me On, David Guetta

5

Sexy and I Know It, LMFAO

6

Good Feelin, Flo Rida

7

We Are Young, Fun.

8

Domino, Jessie J

9

Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO

10

International Love, Pitbull

Source: iTunes

 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week ending Jan. 28, 2012

Fiction (hardback)

Rank

TITLE

Last week

Weeks on chart

1

Taken by Robert Crais

-

1

2

Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

1

4

3

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James

4

8

4

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

5

76

5

11/22/63 by Stephen King

6

12

Nonfiction (hardback)

1

Ameritopia by Mark R. Levin

1

2

2

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

2

4

3

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

3

14

4

Quiet by Susan Cain

-

1

5

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

4

18

Fiction (paperback)

1

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

1

43

2

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

2

6

3

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

3

136

4

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

4

13

5

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

5

86

Nonfiction (paperback)

1

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lyn Vincent

1

63

2

Bossypants by Tina Fey

2

4

3

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

3

47

4

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

5

34

5

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

-

2

Source: New York Times

 

USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week of Feb. 2, 2012

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

1

2

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

2

3

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

3

4

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

133

5

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

6

6

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

5

7

Taken by Robert Crais

-

8

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

7

9

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lyn Vincent

8

10

Ameritopia by Mark R. Levin

4

Source: USA Today

 

 

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