Though the Associated Press is reporting that movie attendance is down to a 16-year low, drawing the smallest audiences since 1995, there are still a few days left to bump 2011’s numbers over the mark.
Management at Wayne’s Anthony Wayne Theatre told Patch that the biggest hits of the year were The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Cars 2. The Chipmunks new release did pretty well, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is this holiday’s big hit.
According to Netflix.com, the online movie rental site, the current "local favorites" for Wayne include:
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Inside Job, a "sobering, Oscar-winning documentary that presents in comprehensive yet cogent detail the pervasive and deep-rooted corruption that led to the global economic meltdown of 2008."
Sherlock Holmes, a reinvention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective series.
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True Grit, an updated Western that received multiple Oscar nods, including for Best Picture.
Red, a Golden Globe-nominated action-comedy.
The Tourist, in which Johnny Depp, "playing an American tourist seeking solace for his shattered heart, instead finds it in danger again after encountering a beautiful Interpol agent (Angelina Jolie)."
The year-to-date top grossing numbers are in and according to BoxOfficeMojo.com Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 took the top spot grossing over $381 million.
Top 20 grossing hits of 2011:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; Transformers: Dark of the Moon; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1; The Hangover Part II; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Fast Five; Cars 2; Thor; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Captain America: The First Avenger; The Help; Bridesmaids; Kung Fu Panda 2; X-Men: First Class; Puss in Boots; Rio; The Smurfs; Super 8; Rango; Horrible Bosses
