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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Top Five Box Office Hits

    This has been, so far, a great year for movies.
Movies have always been looked to as an escape from reality.  According to movies.com, the top five biggest movies that are currently in theaters, have earned an income of over
two million dollars in the box office.

5. The Lucky One ($5.3 million at the box office)
   The movie is about a Marine returning from Iraq with a picture of a woman that he never met,
   that kept him alive in battle.  He makes it his mission to find the woman that saved his life. The movie
   is based on the book The Lucky One  by Nicholas Sparks.
   Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling are co-starring in it.

4. The Pirates! Band of Misfits ($5.5 million at the box office)
    This movie is a cartoon comedy of pirates on adventures.  This movie has the vocal talents of
    Hugh Grant and many others.

3. The Hunger Games ($5.5 million at the box office)
    The Hunger Games is based of the series of books written by Suzanne Collins.  The movie is about an
     unknown apocalyptic disaster. Citizens need to fight to stay alive. 

2. Think Like A Man ($8.1 million at the box office)
    The movie is about a group of friends who get together to play basketball and talk about female  
      problems. They all share the problem of committing to a long term relationship.
     The moie stars Jerry Ferrara, Romany Malco, Michael Ealy, and Gary Owen.

1.  Marvel's The Avengers ($207.4 million at the box office)
    The world's greatest superheroes, from the Marvel comic books, have come together to
     avenge the Earth.  The movie stars Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson,
    and Samuel L. Jackson.