Resident Evil: Retribution easily beat back the competition to take the box office title in its first week of release. The Pixar re-release of Finding Nemo in 3D came in second, with $17.5 million in box office sales.
Safe House shocked the world by taking first place at the holiday weekend box office. The Denzel Washington-starring film beat back three new films: The Secret World of Arrietty, Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance and This Means War.
Contagion spread its power like a disease beating back The Help for the box office crown. The Help had been number one for three weeks in a row before Contagion took its crown.
[Eulogy for the fallen tributes of District 11] They fought with honor and dignity until the end. Both Thresh and Rue were so young. But our lives aren't just measured in years. The measure in our lives are the people we touch around us. For myself, for Katniss. We know that without Thresh and Rue, we wouldn't be standing here today.