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The movie industry has set new records this year. As a whole the movie industry reached 10 billion dollars and this is the first time this mark has ever been reached. There were some really good movies in 2009 and it would be hard for me to name a top 10 list. Instead of focusing on the best movies for the 2009 year, I think I will spotlight the movies that finished in the top 10 for the last weekend in 2009.

No big surprise to see which movie was on top. Avatar was the leading movie at the box office this past weekend. It looks like it took a lot of money to make this movie and now the investors associated with Avatar are reaping the rewards from their creation. James Cameron did an excellent job with Titanic and pulled that movie off nicely in the 90′s. He now finishes the new decade off with a big-time Hollywood movie and people are paying money to see the new Avatar movie.

Top 10 Movies for Last 2009 Weekend

1. Avatar

2. Sherlock Holmes

3. Alvin & the Chipmunks

4. It’s Complicated

5. Up in the Air

6. The Blind Side

7. The Princess and the Frog

8. Nine

9. Did You Hear About the Morgans?

10. Invictus

A couple of true story movies making the top 10. I do love my true story movies and the Blind Side may just be the best movie in 2009. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I have been hearing really good things about it. Some have even said the Blind Side is the best movie they have ever seen. It’s great this movie had so much success and I would like to see more Hollywood movies that showed how some of these athletes went from rags to riches. All professional athletes in the NHL (hockey), MLB (baseball), NFL (football), and NBA (basketball) are making a king’s ransom each year. I’m sure there is a lot more success stories out there and hopefully with the popularity of the Blind Side, we can get a chance to see more movies like this. The other true story movie is also sports related with the South African rugby team and it’s called Invictus. I love true story movies and I am a big sports nut too. So true story movies based on sports will always get a thumbs up from me.

Probably the most surprising thing about the movies in 2009 is the fact they did set an all-time record in sales at the box office. The world-wide economy has been in the news a lot in 2009 and how we are all struggling to make ends meet and no one has a job. A bad economy leads to the greatest showing ever for the movies industry is a little shocking. No matter how hard times get, it seems we will still go see the movies we want to watch in the theaters. I wonder with the economy predicted to be better in 2010 if we will see a new record next year. A lot will depend on which movies come and how many blockbusters hang around at the theaters. An early glimpse now at the movies slated for 2010 and I don’t see it being that big of a year in the movie industry. At least not a 10 billion dollar year; where each month the industry would need to be pulling in close to 1 billion dollars a month. I guess we will have to wait and see, but I think we skip a year and 2011 will be the new record that breaks the 2009 movie record.

It’s been a good season for movies. Some really good movies are now playing and this would be a good time to take the family to the theaters. I know there is at least a half of dozen movies I would like to see right now. I’m sure you have 1 or 2 that you would like to go and watch too. Here is the way the movies came out of the box offices this past weekend:

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2. The Blind Side

3. 2012

4. Old Dogs

5. Disney’s A Christmas Carol

6. Ninja Assassin

7. Planet 51

8. Precious

9. Fantastic Mr. Fox

10. The Men Who Stare at Goats

The most attractive movie on the top 10 list is 2012 to me. I think this would be right up my alley. I love the Aztecs Calendar and how it predicts the end of time. Apparently our world is going to end in another 2 years in December of 2012. This movie touches on that historic calendar made by the Aztec people. The movie playing at theaters is not a true story, but does mix a blend of truth and non-fiction together and gives us a scenario for our last day on the planet Earth. Do you think the world will end in December 2012? I guess no one really knows the answer to it, but it has sure done well at the box offices and this new movie 2012 is going to be a heavily watched movie for the next month at theaters. Do you see any other movies on the top 10 box office list that you would like to go see? There are a couple of movies that are based on true stores like the Blind Side and the Men Who Stare at Goats. I would like to watch both of these movies. The true story movies are the best ones and Hollywood needs more of these types of movies.

As predicted by yours truly, the new movie from Jim Carey called The Christmas Carol took away top honors at the box office this past weekend. It was a good sign for this new movie as there was some other movies that made debuts on Friday and it wasn’t easy to get number 1 this past weekend. There is a lot of good movies playing in theaters right now, but none of them could catch the new 3D Scrooge movie that started November 6th in theaters across the nation.

Number 2 on the box office list was Michael Jackson’s new movie This Is It. His fans continue to buy tickets for his latest work on the big screen and just about anything Michael Jackson is always popular. It is surprising to see Michael Jackson at number 2 with the Fourth Kind making it’s debut in theaters this past weekend. I expected the Fourth Kind to be higher on the box office results, but there was actually 3 movies that did better than it. The Fourth Kind is a true story movie about alien abduction and another true story movie about goatswas the 3rd place finisher at the boxoffices. The Men Who Stare at Goats was inspired by actual events and it’s the number 3 movie in America right now. It should be interesting to see how round 2 does for these two true story movies. 

Top 10 Box Office Movies for November 6th Weekend

1. The Christmas Carol

2. This Is It

3. The Men Who Stare at Goats

4. The Fourth Kind

5. Paranormal Activity

6. The Box

7. Couples Retreat

8. Law Abiding Citizen

9. Where the Wild Things Are

10. Astro Boy

Does any movies look good on this list to you? I would like to see most of these movies. I would really love a chance to see the new Jim Carey movie in theaters; since it is done in 3-D technology. A Scrooge Movie in 3D sounds like a good one to see and I’m sure it does great justice for the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and the ghost of Christmas Future. This would be my first choice, if I got a chance to go see 1 movie at the theaters right now. My main reason for this decision is because the movie is done in 3-D and I love this type of technology with movies. Paranormal Activity and the 4th Kind are high on my movies to watch list too.

We shall see if This Is It can continue at number 1 this weekend as some new movies hit theaters nation wide. The biggest may be The Christmas Carol with Jim Carey. This new 3D movie with Jim Carey should be the new number 1 movie, but we will have to see how some other new comers do too. The Box and The Men Who Stare at Goats are two more new movies people will have to choose from at the theater this weekend. That right there is a nice list of new movies to go along with the new Michael Jackson movie and Paranormal Activity which has done well at the box office the last few weeks. There is still another movie that should draw a lot of interest and it’s The Fourth Kind. This movie may be the next Blair Witch Project as it tries to display itself as a true story movie about alien abduction.

Which new movie would you like to see the most?

A. Jim Carey’s Movie The Christmas Carol

B. The Fourth Kind (True Story Movie on Alien Abduction)

C. The Men Who Stare at Goats (Inspired by True Events)

D. The Box (Cameron Diaz Thriller Movie)

I think all 4 of these movies would make great choices this weekend. The Christmas Carol has a huge advantage over the other 3; since it would be more suitable for young children. If the kids go to the theaters this weekend; then Jim Carey should easily take the top spot away from the Michael Jackson fans who have packed the theaters for his new movie This Is It. A lot of buzz about the Fourth Kind and if it’s Internet popularity carries over to the box office; then the Fourth Kind should rank 2nd this week at the box offices. It will certainly be interesting to see how this weekend’s top movies play out. Other movies making their debuts will be: Precious; Collapse; and Splinterheads

In 1972 a scale was created to measure our contact with UFO’s and aliens.

First Kind – Sighting

Second Kind – Evidence

Third Kind – Contact

Fourth Kind – Abduction

Now a new movie focuses on the 4th kind and it’s called the Fourth Kind. This 2009 movie is a fact-based thriller that takes actual events from patients who went under hypnosis and experienced their alien abductions. These stories have been compiled together and the basis for the new true story movie called the Fourth Kind.

This looks like a good movie and one that I would like to see. I am just wondering how far this movie goes and how much we can learn after watching it. The movie is set in Nome, Alaska and people are going missing in Alaska and nobody knows why. Some believe it is a government cover up and they are the ones responsible. The Government blames the high alcohol rates on the people that are turning up missing. While the 2009 movie The Fourth Kind touches on the alien abduction angle.

Some believe this latest movie is set up more like another Blair Witch movie. Blair Witch was a movie that we all thought was real and that we were looking at actual film footage of young people roaming around in the woods. The Fourth Kind is positioning their self as a real life story and the first ones to see it, are under the assumption that it is real and these are true events taking place.

It will be interesting to see how things turn out. One good thing is that the people who are really missing and no where to be found; new light will get shed on this Alaskan Mystery and we can hopefully find out the real reasons why. The Net is really buzzing right now about the Fourth Kind and searches have seen a sharp increase over the last few days. It’s looking like this movie will create as much attention and talk around the water cooler as the Blair Witch Project did several years ago.

Do you plan to watch the new 2009 movie called the Fourth Kind? People fascinated with aliens, ufo’s, and life on other planets will probably want to make plans to see this one. I would like to hear some feedback from the people who have already seen this movie, so please be sure to let me know what you liked or didn’t like about the movie. The release of this movie is set to open in theaters on November 6th, 2009. There does appear to be an audience right now for this movie, since Paranormal Activitywas the top movie this past weekend in theaters. More people wanted to see Paranormal Activity than the latest Saw movie and Saw VI ranked 2nd at the weekend box office.

The top movies now playing at theaters are as follows:

1. Night at the Museum

2. Terminator Salvation

3. Star Trek

4. Angels & Demons

5. Dance Flick

These are the movies people wanted to see over the Memorial Day weekend. I’m sure there was an increase in sales across the board as the longer weekends usually give people more time to watch a good movie. These movies look pretty good judging by the previews and it should be interesting to see which ones remain in the top 5.

The Night at the Museum looks like a funny movie. It also has a very interesting appeal to see all of these characters from the past come to life for one night. I guess it is just for one night based on the title of the movie, but I haven’t gone to see this one yet. It did very well over the long weekend and this was the top movie in America that people wanted to see.

Monsters vs. Aliens didn’t make the top 5 at the box office, but this movie has did better than any other movie in 2009 so far. It does remain in the top 10 box office sales and it finished at number 9 for this past weekend. The X-Men movie is also staying strong at theaters and it placed in the 6th position.

I hope I get the chance to go see some good movies soon, because this has been a great year to visit a theater or the drive-in for a top notch movie. I haven’t been to a good drive-in since I was a kid. I would like to visit one that is located about 60 miles from me. I think they only show the older movies at this drive-in that is located in Blue Ridge, Georgia. I will have to double check on that or if there is anyone that lives around the North Georgia mountains could tell me if the drive-in located in Blue Ridge shows recent movies or movies that have been out for a year or so.

Two new movies start this weekend that might challenge these top 5 movies. Up and Drag Me to Hell look like solid contenders. Also starting this weekend will be Departures, Pontypool, Pressure Cooker, and What Goes Up. Let me know if any of these new movies coming out interests you. I have watched a few previews on television about these new movies and one or two of them do look like they would be good. Enjoy your visits to the theater or the drive-in this week and be sure to let me know what you go to see.

No big surprise last weekend on which movie was the most seen. The box office sales kept going and going for the new Star Trek movie that made a big splash and is now the number 1 movie in America. I haven’t seen it yet, but it does seem to be a good one and the Star Trek fans are pleased. This movie goes back to the early days and you get to look at things from the beginning. I’m sure it’s an interesting movie and even though I’m not a big Star Trek fan, I would like to see the latest movie that started playing in theaters on May 8th.

The number 2 movie and last week’s number 1 is X-Men Origins: Wolverine and this movie is really doing well. The Wolverine is the most popular comic book character ever and this was decided back in March of 2008. It seems movie goers like the Wolverine and they are turning out in bunches to get a look at this one. I would also like to watch the X-Men and see what all the hype is about here. I don’t fully understand the story of the X-Men, but it seems everyone likes this new movie a lot.

The 3rd most popular movie playing in theaters right now is Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. 2nd week in a row that this movie has did well at the box office and it looks like someone finally got a new, creative idea in Hollywood. I do get tired of all the movies that have the same story line and they just have different actors or actresses playing the parts.

Rest of the movies making the top 10:

4. Obsessed

5. 17 Again

6. Next Day Air

7. The Soloist

8. Monsters vs. Aliens

9. Earth

10. Hannah Montana The Movie

I would have thought Next Day Air would have finished higher in the standings, but this just proves how good the movies are right now. It looks like Miley Cyrus barely hung on over the weekend and her new movie Hannah Montana is clinging to the 10th spot. Monsters vs. Aliens has been very strong ever since its release and this movie just keeps racking up the numbers.

Surprisingly Disneynature got the 9th spot on the list with their new movie Earth. This is a documentary and you don’t often see this in the movies. Maybe we have a more educated generation growing up before our eyes and that’s the reason Earth made it up to number 9.

Tom Hanks is the headliner this week and he’s been on all the talk shows and early morning shows promoting his new movie Angels & Demons. I could see this movie jumping over Star Trek for that number 1 position in the box office sales. Tom has did some really great movies in his career and I’m sure this one will be another solid performance from his long list of spectacular movies.

Other movies starting up on Friday will be; The Brothers Bloom; Big Man Japan; The Big Shot Caller; Daytime Drinking; Management; Not Forgotten; and O’Horten.

The top 10 list at movie theaters are being shook up and lots of surprises. I think Hannah Montana’s new movie is the biggest one and it has fallen to number 7 on the list after only 3 weeks. I would have thought this movie would have stayed closer to number 1, but seems fans are not paying to see Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus.

The movies that movie goers are going to see right now is X-Men, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Obsessed. These are the top 3 movies to watch right now and they took home the top honors at the box office this past weekend. I’m sure X-Men will do well again this weekend and I expect another strong showing for this new movie.

The comedy movie of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past did very well with a 2nd place showing. This movie features Matthew McConaughey and Jenifer Garner. I would think any movie with the lovely Jennifer Garner would do well and this one certainly did. I’m sure Warner Brothers is very happy with the 15 plus million dollars this movie took in over the weekend.

Obsessed prove to be a great movie in its debut going to number 1. The top movie in America drop back to the 3rd spot this past week. This movie is in the thriller category and takes a reverse approach on stalking. We often think of men as the stalkers out there, but this new movie gives the woman the lead ropes. A nice and successful working man getting stalked by a female is what people want to see right now and this movie has been very impressive at theaters. I think the new movie Obsessed would be my first choice, if I was going to the theater this evening.

Top 10 Movies at the Box Office

1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

3. Obsessed

4. 17 Again

5. Monsters vs. Aliens

6. The Soloist

7. Hannah Montana The Movie

8. Earth

9. Fighting

10. State of Play

Those are the top 10 movies currently playing at theaters nationwide. Does any of them look good to you?

These movies will have to make way for a new number 1 movie in America this Friday. I’m sure Star Trek will take first honors after the dust settles this weekend. This is going to be a big splash at movie theaters all over the country. I can guarantee that Star Trek will be the number 1 movie at the box office and the only question is; which movie will finish in 2nd place? Are you a Star Trek fan or a Trekie? I know there are a lot of you out there and this popular science fiction program has been gaining a fan base for over 40 years now. Star Trek started in the 60′s and many fans have been watching it ever since. No doubt about this one on May 8th and Star Trek will easily soar to number 1.

If you’re more in the comedy mood this weekend, you can check out another movie making its debut. It is called Next Day Air and this movie should do well this weekend also. Possibly the type of movie that could be number 1, but not a number 1 movie, when it has to open on the same day the new Star Trek movie does.

Enjoy the movies and let me know of the ones you’re watching. I always love to hear recommendations for a great movie you just seen in theaters or to give me the heads up about a bad movie.

The top movie over the weekend was Race to Witch Mountain. The movie has Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson starring in it along wtih AnnaSophia Robb, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino, and Garry Marshall. I thought this movie would come out on top after all the figures came in from its opening weekend in theaters.

Race to Witch Mountain

This movie topped some other good movies that are also currently playing in theaters across the country. The Watchmen lost its top spot position and fell to number 2 on the box office list. Another movie that made its debut was The Last House on the Left and this thriller had an impressive showing as movie goers flock to see this one too. The Last House on the Left was number 3 on the list and Taken followed it at number 4. I would love to go see all 4 of these movies and I’m sure they would be very entertaining.

I know director Danny Boyle won an Oscar for the movie Slumdog Millionaire and it’s been staying in the top 10 movies list for a long time now. Anyone planning to go see this one on Blu-Ray might have to wait just a bit longer. The new movie Miss March that started last Friday didn’t do as well as I had predicted. It seems the competition was too stiff at the movies last weekend or this really isn’t a movie people want to see right now. Miss March did crack the top 10 with a 10th place showing on the list. There may not be enough buzz about this new movie and it may not even make the top 10 next week.

From the top 4 movies at the box office right now, I think The Last House on the Left is the one I would want to see the most. It would be the movie that would get my vote from the top 4. What would be the movie you would want to see the most?

The new movies that will be coming out this week are Duplicity and one that looks really funny called I Love You, Man. Nicolas Cage will be starring in a new movie called Knowing and this movie should place in the top 5 this upcoming weekend. I think Knowing will stay in the top 10 and this looks like a possible number 1 movie. Tom Hanks will be playing in a movie called The Great Buck Howard. It doesn’t look like Tom has a big role in this movie and I doubt it makes it into the top 5 box office movies in its opening weekend. These are the 4 most notable movies that will be starting up this weekend. The theaters are getting a little crowded right now with so many good movies playing, but this makes it better for all of us that enjoy going to the movies.