This
Week

TITLE

Weeks In
Release

Last Weekend ($US)

Total Gross ($US)

1.

Chronicle

NEW

22M

22M

2.

The Woman in Black

NEW

20.8M

20.8M

3.

The Grey

2

9.3M

34.5M

4.

Big Miracle

NEW

7.7M

7.7M

5.

Underworld Awakening

3

5.5M

54.2M

6.

One For the Money

2

5.2M

19.6M

7.

Red Tails

3

4.7M

41M

8.

The Descendants

12

4.5M

65.4M

9.

Man on a Ledge

2

4.3M

14.6M

10.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

7

3.8M

26.6M

11.

Contraband

4

3.4M

62M

12.

The Artist

11

2.6M

20.6M

13.

Beauty and the Beast 3D

4

2.5M

44.9M

14.

Hugo

11

2.2M

61.9M

15.

The Iron Lady

6

1.8M

20.6M

Box Office Wrap-Up

Super Bowl weekend in the USA, which means plenty of folks out at the cinemas to escape the spectacle of sport watched by over 111 million people. The battle for the #1 spot at the USA box office was won by low budget super hero flick Chronicle which took a small victory over The Woman in Black (starring the former Harry Potter).

For the third time in four months, a low budget found footage film topped the charts and easily beat out the likes of action epic The Grey, which suffered a sharp 53% fall in its second weekend.