Kathryn Bigelow's new film "Zero Dark Thirty" is top at the box office this weekend. The film will be vying for four Golden Globe Awards tonight, including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director for Bigelow, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Jessica Chastain and Best Screenplay for writer Mark Boal.
The film has also been nominated for five Academy Awards although Bigelow was passed over for a nomination as director. The film will compete for Oscar gold in February in the categories of Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Jessica Chastain, Best Original Screenplay for Mark Boal, and a sound and editing nomination.
This last week the top films at the box office according to imdb.com were:
1. "Zero Dark Thirty".........................$24 million
2. "A Haunted House"........................$18.8 million
3. "Gangster Squad"...........................$16.7 million
4. "Django Unchained".......................$11.1 million
5. "Les Miserables"............................$10.1 million
Opening this Friday, Jan. 18 (click for show time information):
1. "Mama" starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier,Isabelle Nélisse
2. "The Last Stand" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eduardo Noriega, Forest Whitaker, John Patrick Amedori
3. "Broken City" starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler
4. "Luv" starring Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover
5. "Outside Satan" starring David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemâtre, Christophe Bon, Juliette Bacquet
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Whatever your movie choice this week, please remember your movie theater etiquette: silence your cell phones and no texting, please don't talk during the film and remove your children if they become a distraction to other audience members. Don't forget that laughing, crying and cheering are always approved behavior and even encouraged.
-Kay Shackleton is a film historian with special focus on Silent Films, see her work at SilentHollywood.com
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