Thursday, October 7, 2010

"The Social Network" Facebook film becomes top in Hollywood

A movie titled ‘The Social Network’, written by the ‘West Wing’ famed Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, has debuted at the top of the US box office chart.

The movie, about the rise of the internet phenomenon Facebook, stars Justin Timberlake and newcomer Jesse Eisenberg. It took $23m in its first weekend.

It charts the history of the website from its launch by Mark Zuckerberg and his best friend at Harvard University. It goes on to track the legal battle between Zuckerberg and his friend and three other fellow students at Harvard who claim he stole their idea.

Animated owl film ‘Legend of the Guardians’, is staying in second place by earning $10.85m, followed by Oliver Stone sequel ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ that slipped from number one to number three by earning $10.1m.

Ben Affleck’s heist thriller titled ‘The Town’ has been dropped from place one to four being followed by the high school comedy ‘Easy A’.

Family comedy ‘You Again’, is in sixth place, followed by thriller ‘Case 39’ starring Renee Zellweger at number seven and ‘Let Me In’, a re-make of Swedish cult hit ‘Let the Right One In’, has taken eighth position.

M Night Shyamalan`s thriller ‘Devil’ and wolf animation ‘Alpha and Omega’ have rounded out the top-10 chart.
 
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