Big gains for “Wall Street”

Money never sleeps, but owls do, only it’s during the day. What I mean by that is, Zack Snyder’s animated film “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” finished modestly (to be nice) and the sequel to “Wall Street” took first at the box office this weekend.

1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – $19 M (weekend) … $19 M (gross)
2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – $16.1 M … $16.1 M
3. The Town – $15.6 M  … $48.6 M
4. Easy A – $10.6 M … $32.7 M
5. You Again – $8.4 M … $8.4 M
6. Devil – $6.6 M … $21.8 M
7. Resident Evil: Afterlife – $4.9 M … $52 M
8. Alpha and Omega – $4.7 M … $15.1 M
9. Takers – $1.6 M … $54.8 M
10. Inception – $1.2 M … $287 M

Newcomer rom-com “You Again” finished standard for the genre this time of year, good enough for fifth and “The Virginity Hit,” a teen comedy that opened in 700 theaters made only $300,000.

Excellent word of mouth for “The Town” and “Easy A” resulted in minimal decreases for both films. These good returns allowed the box office to still go up 4 percent overall from last week.