Melissa McCarthy -- box-office queen!
The "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer adds a new title to her belt. Her comedy, "Identity Theft," co-starring Jason Bateman, debuted to No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening.
Despite Nemo, "Identity Theft" rose to the top beating previous weekend's box-office champ, "Warm Bodies," which fell to No. 2 with $11.5 million.
The zombie-romance starring Nicholas Hoult and Theresa Palmer has raised its domestic total to $36.7 million.
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Coming in at No. 3 was the weekend's other new wide release, Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects." Starring Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Side Effects" was billed to be Soderbergh's last theatrical film. So go watch it!
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And if you had the need for speed, Tom Cruise's "Top Gun" from director Tony Scott had a 3-D reissue at the box-office with a $1.9 million run in just 300 theaters. On Feb. 19th, you can buy the 3-D release on DVD and Blu-ray.
Here's the Top 10 box-office films for the weekend of Feb. 8th:
1. "Identity Thief," $36.6 million ($230,000 international).
2. "Warm Bodies," $11.5 million.
3. "Side Effects," $10 million.
4. "Silver Linings Playbook," $6.9 million.
5. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $5.8 million ($11.6 million international).
6. "Mama," $4.3 million ($6.1 million international).
7. "Zero Dark Thirty," $4 million.
8. "Argo," $2.5 million.
9. "Django Unchained," $2.3 million.
10. "Bullet to the Head," $2 million.
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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "Django Unchained," $18.7 million.
2. "Wreck-It Ralph," $11.7 million.
3. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $11.6 million.
4 (tie). "A Good Day to Die Hard," $10.1 million.
4 (tie). "Les Miserables," $10.1 million.
6. "Lincoln," $10 million.
7. "Miracle in Cell No. 7," $9.5 million.
8. "The Berlin File," $8.7 million.
9. "Flight," $8 million.
10. "Kokowaah 2," $7.3 million.
SOURCE: HOLLYWOOD.COM
