![Thanks to the awards it has been winning, as well as popular actress Jennifer Lawrence's promotional tour, "Silver Linings Playbook" continues to do well in its award season re-release. The film, about two emotionally damages individuals who find sanity with each other, should pass $100 million thanks to renewed interest.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/ea/c3/eac38b3cb4d6f4be856a17d598e0a012.jpg?itok=nWpZcVRz "Thanks to the awards it has been winning, as well as popular actress Jennifer Lawrence's promotional tour, "Silver Linings Playbook" continues to do well in its award season re-release. The film, about two emotionally damages individuals who find sanity with each other, should pass $100 million thanks to renewed interest."){kind=small}
![Last week's number one movie, dropped to second place, as Gemma Arterton's "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' only fell 52-percent. While the movie looked to be a commercial risk, it looks like it should surpass other similar movies success, including the dismal $37.5 million made by "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/3c/21/3c211ff9a35fe06f6029815694ebc976.jpg?itok=d7cD5uw9 "Last week's number one movie, dropped to second place, as Gemma Arterton's "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' only fell 52-percent. While the movie looked to be a commercial risk, it looks like it should surpass other similar movies success, including the dismal $37.5 million made by "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.""){kind=small}
![The only new release that made money this weekend was "Warm Bodies," based on the novel by the same name. The movie features a zombie named R who actually has a mind that still works. When he meets a living girl that he falls for, his love starts to bring him, and other zombies, back to life.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/db/e0/dbe0f06d2310602a818fac631d63f98b.JPG?itok=XclN5CVH "The only new release that made money this weekend was "Warm Bodies," based on the novel by the same name. The movie features a zombie named R who actually has a mind that still works. When he meets a living girl that he falls for, his love starts to bring him, and other zombies, back to life."){kind=small}
According to boxoffivemojo.com on Feb. 3, the new zombie romantic comedy, "Warm Bodies," conquered the box office weekend. While facing competition from Oscar winners like Al Pacino and action film icons like Sylvester Stallone, the zombie movie came out triumphant.
"Warm Bodies" ranked seventh all-time when it came to Super Bowl weekend movies, making an impressive $20.03 million. With only John Malkovich as the bankable star, the movie relied on a quirky premise and young, unknown stars to carry the movie over the threshold.
The other two opening weekend movies were Sylvester Stallone's "Bullet to the Head," based on a popular French graphic novel, and "Stand Up Guys," starring three Oscar winners in Al Pacino, Alan Arkin and Christopher Walken. Both movies seemed targeted for a specific audience, neither pulled in the expected audiences.
"Bullet to the Head" only made $4.5 million, following Arnold Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand" and Jason Statham's "Parker" as major box office disappointments. With these three movies tanking, it seems like the big action movie has finally died off.
"Stand Up Guys" was supposed to have a 2012 release but was pushed back to this weekend. The reviews have been bad and the film was released to a small amount of theaters, only opening in 659 locations nationwide. It ended up ranked 17th for the weekend with $1.5 million.
Here is a look at this week's Top 5 box office films.
![The only new release that made money this weekend was "Warm Bodies," based on the novel by the same name. The movie features a zombie named R who actually has a mind that still works. When he meets a living girl that he falls for, his love starts to bring him, and other zombies, back to life.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/99/83/998340279079d5ebbd87bbc6cc3bd9bd.JPG?itok=Bx-4N6_W "The only new release that made money this weekend was "Warm Bodies," based on the novel by the same name. The movie features a zombie named R who actually has a mind that still works. When he meets a living girl that he falls for, his love starts to bring him, and other zombies, back to life.")
![Last week's number one movie, dropped to second place, as Gemma Arterton's "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' only fell 52-percent. While the movie looked to be a commercial risk, it looks like it should surpass other similar movies success, including the dismal $37.5 million made by "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/f3/ae/f3aed377f221c9cd55c5867f92096c44.jpg?itok=89Wpvd5J "Last week's number one movie, dropped to second place, as Gemma Arterton's "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' only fell 52-percent. While the movie looked to be a commercial risk, it looks like it should surpass other similar movies success, including the dismal $37.5 million made by "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."")
![Thanks to the awards it has been winning, as well as popular actress Jennifer Lawrence's promotional tour, "Silver Linings Playbook" continues to do well in its award season re-release. The film, about two emotionally damages individuals who find sanity with each other, should pass $100 million thanks to renewed interest.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/35/bc/35bca00866508a7fbe22a63ea6b1062f.jpg?itok=iqJFTApM "Thanks to the awards it has been winning, as well as popular actress Jennifer Lawrence's promotional tour, "Silver Linings Playbook" continues to do well in its award season re-release. The film, about two emotionally damages individuals who find sanity with each other, should pass $100 million thanks to renewed interest.")
![Jessica Chastain's second movie in the Top 5 is the hunt for Osama Bin Laden movie "Zero Dark Thirty." The polarizing movie has now earned $77.8 million at the box office as it continues to battle "Argo" in this year's awards competition. Kathryn Bigelow's war movie follows a CIA agent over a decade long search to find and eliminate the world's most dangerous terrorist.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/aa/79/aa79dd99d20d9e3c31cdca27320aa7eb.jpg?itok=xcVG9CeQ "Jessica Chastain's second movie in the Top 5 is the hunt for Osama Bin Laden movie "Zero Dark Thirty." The polarizing movie has now earned $77.8 million at the box office as it continues to battle "Argo" in this year's awards competition. Kathryn Bigelow's war movie follows a CIA agent over a decade long search to find and eliminate the world's most dangerous terrorist.")
![Much like "Bullet to the Head," Jason Statham's "Parker" was also made a disappointing bow at the box office. Stallone has to hope that his movie can at least be like "Parker," which makes its second straight appearance in the Top 10. Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand" died at the box office after opening in 10th place.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/94/b6/94b6e72cf375d67b1d377ed7a80ba6f3.jpg?itok=8azjPx6k "Much like "Bullet to the Head," Jason Statham's "Parker" was also made a disappointing bow at the box office. Stallone has to hope that his movie can at least be like "Parker," which makes its second straight appearance in the Top 10. Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand" died at the box office after opening in 10th place.")
![Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti "southern" continues to build its nice box office totals, continuing to be the director's best success of his career. Surpassing the $150 million mark domestically, Tarantino's controversial epic about a slave who seeks to free his wife from an evil plantation owner, is the year's biggest surprise story.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/5b/de/5bde2e2ae1ad450c441eb5b0b177920c.jpg?itok=x6btvZlh "Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti "southern" continues to build its nice box office totals, continuing to be the director's best success of his career. Surpassing the $150 million mark domestically, Tarantino's controversial epic about a slave who seeks to free his wife from an evil plantation owner, is the year's biggest surprise story.")
![Coming in at ninth place is another awards movie in "Les Miserables." The musical will surpass $150 million domestically next week and continues on as the film hopes for some Oscar love, specifically for the amazing performance of Anne Hathaway in a Supporting Actress role. The movie has also surpassed $318 million worldwide.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/c0/40/c040588c367ad9030d9c53f78d23c283.jpg?itok=tEVwaHLS "Coming in at ninth place is another awards movie in "Les Miserables." The musical will surpass $150 million domestically next week and continues on as the film hopes for some Oscar love, specifically for the amazing performance of Anne Hathaway in a Supporting Actress role. The movie has also surpassed $318 million worldwide.")
![Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been a favorite in critics and awards ceremonies all year. The movie received 12 Oscar nominations, and is the favorite to win at least Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as Abraham Lincoln. The movie takes place during the president's struggles to convince government to abolish slavery.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/f4/f4/f4f4874eeb50711cb1da738fce2c8336.jpg?itok=YamFHgZ6 "Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been a favorite in critics and awards ceremonies all year. The movie received 12 Oscar nominations, and is the favorite to win at least Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as Abraham Lincoln. The movie takes place during the president's struggles to convince government to abolish slavery.")
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