Movie Box Review

The Scream Awards honour the best in SciFi, Fantasy Comics & Horror. Kick-Ass leads the race with 17 nominations, followed by Inception at 15, Iron Man 2 at 13 and "True Blood" at 10. The awards honour both film and TV, so you get to vote for your faves of both the big and small screens such as "Lost", "Dexter" and "V" alongside District 9, Zombieland and Avatar.

I was happily surprized to see The Human Centipede get some well deserved nominations this year (mutilation and villain), especially as the foreign film category is gone and now we have a 3D category. Another big surprize was see a (well-deserved) nomination for Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, as Best Horror Actress. Two great categories this year are the breakout performance, both male & female have tons of great actors in there from Tom Hardy to Andrew Garfield to Chloë Grace Moretz. I was surprized to see Morena Baccarin in there for "V", being a fan of hers from back in the Firefly days, although there is no doubt she's one of the best things about the new visitors.

The awards are a part of Spike TV which isn't a station I usually watch, but I've been thinking a lot about genre recently and it's interesting to see the films and TV shows section off into the different categories. Here's a selection of the break downs:

Fantasy Nominations include: Kick-Ass, Alice in Wonderland and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Science Fiction Nominations include: Inception, Iron Man 2, Avatar, "Lost" an District 9
Horror Nominations include: "True Blood", Zombieland, Shutter Island and "Dexter"

It's interesting, I wouldn't have though Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2 would be in separate categories, but they are and it does make it's own kind of sense and they do face off in categories like Best Superhero. Interesting, thinking of Kick-Ass as fantasy actually, makes a lot of sense.

Due to the nature of the nomination categories at times being very descriptive and therefore a little spoilery (Fight Scene, Most Memorable Mutilation & Cameo), I've noted the film/TV series that's in the running and provided a link if you want to click through to see the specifics. You can vote daily for your faves, so don't miss out on having your say!

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on October 19, 2010.

Here are the nominees:

Ultimate Scream
Alice in Wonderland
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
"Lost"
"True Blood"
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Zombieland

Best Science Fiction Movie
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Predators
The Road

Best Fantasy Movie
Alice in Wonderland
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Kick-Ass
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Horror Movie
The Crazies
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Paranormal Activity
Shutter Island
Thirst
Zombieland

Best TV Show
"Dexter"
"Doctor Who"
"Lost"
"True Blood"
"V"

Best Director
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Tim Burton - Alice in Wonderland
James Cameron - Avatar
Roland Emmerich - 2012
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island

Best Scream-Play
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman - Kick-Ass
Laeta Kalogridis - Shutter Island
Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese - Zombieland

Best Fantasy Actress
Cate Blanchett in Robin Hood
Lily Cole in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick-Ass
Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland

Best Fantasy Actor
Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass
Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland
Tom Hanks in Toy Story 3
Aaron Johnson in Kick-Ass
Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Science Fiction Actress
Scarlott Johansson in Iron Man 2
Mila Kunis in The Book of Eli
Evangeline Lilly in "Lost"
Ellen Page in Inception
Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man 2
Zoe Saldana in Avatar

Best Science Fiction Actor
Sharlto Copley in District 9
Leonardo Dicaprio in Inception
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2
Matthew Fox in "Lost"
Josh Holloway in "Lost"
Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli

Best Horror Actress
Julie Benz in "Dexter"
Emily Blunt in The Wolfman (2010)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Milla Jovovich in The Fourth Kind
Anna Paquin in "True Blood"
Emma Stone in Zombieland

Best Horror Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio in Shutter Island
Michael C. Hall in "Dexter"
Woody Harrelson in Zombieland
Stephen Moyer in "True Blood"
Timothy Olyphant in The Crazies
Alexander Skarsgård in "True Blood"

Best Villain
Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruegar - A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Steven Lang as Col. Miles Quaritch - Avatar
Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Heiter - The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
John Lithgow as The Trinity Killer - "Dexter"
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Smoke Monster - "Lost"
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko - Iron Man 2

Best Superhero
Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy - Kick-Ass
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man - Iron Man 2
Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass - Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl - Kick-Ass
Zachary Quinto as Sylar - Heroes
Tom Welling as Clark Kent - Smallville

Best Supporting Actress
Abigail Breslin in Zombieland
Jennifer Carpenter in "Dexter"
Marion Cotillard in Inception
Anne Hathaway in Alice in Wonderland
Yunjin Kim in "Lost"
Sigourney Weaver in Avatar

Best Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2
Sir Ben Kingsley in Shutter Island
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Inception
Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Kick-Ass
Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island
Sam Trammell in "True Blood"

Breakout Performance - Female
Deborah Ann Woll - "True Blood"
Gemma Arterton - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Morena Baccarin - "V"
Lyndsy Fonseca - Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass
Mia Wasikowska - Alice in Wonderland

Breakout Performance - Male
Sharlto Copley - District 9
Andrew Garfield - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Tom Hardy - Inception
Aaron Johnson - Kick-Ass
Xavier Samuel - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road

Best Cameo (see full nominations here)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Inception
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Iron Man 2
Zombieland

Best Ensemble
Inception
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
"Lost"
"True Blood"
Zombieland

Most Memorable Mutilation (see full nominations here)
Saw VI #1
Saw VI #2
"True Blood"
Inglourious Basterds
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Fight Scene of the Year (see full nominations here)
The Losers
Inception
Kick-Ass
Iron Man 2
Avatar
Clash of the Titans (2010)

Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (see full nominations here)
Kick-Ass
2012
Splice
Inception
"True Blood"
Inception

3-D Top Three
Alice in Wonderland
Avatar
Toy Story 3

Best F/X
2012
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Zombieland

Best Television Performance
Matthew Fox - "Lost"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Zachary Quinto - "Heroes"
Alexander Skarsgård - "True Blood"
Anna Torv - "Fringe"

Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel
Asterios Polyp
Blackest Night
The Boys
Chew
Parker: The Hunter
Scapled
The Walking Dead

Best Comic Book Writer
Jason Aaron
Darwyn Cooke
Garth Ennis
Geoff Johns
Robert Kirkman
Mike Mignola

Best Comic Book Artist
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead
Darwyn Cooke - Parker: The Hunter
Fabio Moon - BPRD: 1947, Sugershock
Frank Quitely - Batman and Robin, Batman
Jill Thompson - Beasts of Burden
JH Williams III - Detective Comics, Batwoman: Elegy

Best Comic Book Movie
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
The Losers

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on October 19, 2010.

The Scream Awards honour the best in SciFi, Fantasy Comics & Horror. Kick-Ass leads the race with 17 nominations, followed by Inception at 15, Iron Man 2 at 13 and "True Blood" at 10. The awards honour both film and TV, so you get to vote for your faves of both the big and small screens such as "Lost", "Dexter" and "V" alongside District 9, Zombieland and Avatar.

I was happily surprized to see The Human Centipede get some well deserved nominations this year (mutilation and villain), especially as the foreign film category is gone and now we have a 3D category. Another big surprize was see a (well-deserved) nomination for Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist, as Best Horror Actress. Two great categories this year are the breakout performance, both male & female have tons of great actors in there from Tom Hardy to Andrew Garfield to Chloë Grace Moretz. I was surprized to see Morena Baccarin in there for "V", being a fan of hers from back in the Firefly days, although there is no doubt she's one of the best things about the new visitors.

The awards are a part of Spike TV which isn't a station I usually watch, but I've been thinking a lot about genre recently and it's interesting to see the films and TV shows section off into the different categories. Here's a selection of the break downs:

Fantasy Nominations include: Kick-Ass, Alice in Wonderland and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Science Fiction Nominations include: Inception, Iron Man 2, Avatar, "Lost" an District 9
Horror Nominations include: "True Blood", Zombieland, Shutter Island and "Dexter"

It's interesting, I wouldn't have though Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2 would be in separate categories, but they are and it does make it's own kind of sense and they do face off in categories like Best Superhero. Interesting, thinking of Kick-Ass as fantasy actually, makes a lot of sense.

Due to the nature of the nomination categories at times being very descriptive and therefore a little spoilery (Fight Scene, Most Memorable Mutilation & Cameo), I've noted the film/TV series that's in the running and provided a link if you want to click through to see the specifics. You can vote daily for your faves, so don't miss out on having your say!

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on October 19, 2010.

Here are the nominees:

Ultimate Scream
Alice in Wonderland
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
"Lost"
"True Blood"
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Zombieland

Best Science Fiction Movie
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Predators
The Road

Best Fantasy Movie
Alice in Wonderland
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Kick-Ass
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Horror Movie
The Crazies
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Paranormal Activity
Shutter Island
Thirst
Zombieland

Best TV Show
"Dexter"
"Doctor Who"
"Lost"
"True Blood"
"V"

Best Director
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Tim Burton - Alice in Wonderland
James Cameron - Avatar
Roland Emmerich - 2012
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island

Best Scream-Play
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman - Kick-Ass
Laeta Kalogridis - Shutter Island
Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese - Zombieland

Best Fantasy Actress
Cate Blanchett in Robin Hood
Lily Cole in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick-Ass
Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland

Best Fantasy Actor
Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass
Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland
Tom Hanks in Toy Story 3
Aaron Johnson in Kick-Ass
Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Science Fiction Actress
Scarlott Johansson in Iron Man 2
Mila Kunis in The Book of Eli
Evangeline Lilly in "Lost"
Ellen Page in Inception
Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man 2
Zoe Saldana in Avatar

Best Science Fiction Actor
Sharlto Copley in District 9
Leonardo Dicaprio in Inception
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2
Matthew Fox in "Lost"
Josh Holloway in "Lost"
Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli

Best Horror Actress
Julie Benz in "Dexter"
Emily Blunt in The Wolfman (2010)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Milla Jovovich in The Fourth Kind
Anna Paquin in "True Blood"
Emma Stone in Zombieland

Best Horror Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio in Shutter Island
Michael C. Hall in "Dexter"
Woody Harrelson in Zombieland
Stephen Moyer in "True Blood"
Timothy Olyphant in The Crazies
Alexander Skarsgård in "True Blood"

Best Villain
Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruegar - A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Steven Lang as Col. Miles Quaritch - Avatar
Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Heiter - The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
John Lithgow as The Trinity Killer - "Dexter"
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Smoke Monster - "Lost"
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko - Iron Man 2

Best Superhero
Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy - Kick-Ass
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man - Iron Man 2
Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass - Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl - Kick-Ass
Zachary Quinto as Sylar - Heroes
Tom Welling as Clark Kent - Smallville

Best Supporting Actress
Abigail Breslin in Zombieland
Jennifer Carpenter in "Dexter"
Marion Cotillard in Inception
Anne Hathaway in Alice in Wonderland
Yunjin Kim in "Lost"
Sigourney Weaver in Avatar

Best Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2
Sir Ben Kingsley in Shutter Island
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Inception
Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Kick-Ass
Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island
Sam Trammell in "True Blood"

Breakout Performance - Female
Deborah Ann Woll - "True Blood"
Gemma Arterton - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Morena Baccarin - "V"
Lyndsy Fonseca - Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass
Mia Wasikowska - Alice in Wonderland

Breakout Performance - Male
Sharlto Copley - District 9
Andrew Garfield - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Tom Hardy - Inception
Aaron Johnson - Kick-Ass
Xavier Samuel - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road

Best Cameo (see full nominations here)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Inception
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Iron Man 2
Zombieland

Best Ensemble
Inception
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
"Lost"
"True Blood"
Zombieland

Most Memorable Mutilation (see full nominations here)
Saw VI #1
Saw VI #2
"True Blood"
Inglourious Basterds
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Fight Scene of the Year (see full nominations here)
The Losers
Inception
Kick-Ass
Iron Man 2
Avatar
Clash of the Titans (2010)

Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year (see full nominations here)
Kick-Ass
2012
Splice
Inception
"True Blood"
Inception

3-D Top Three
Alice in Wonderland
Avatar
Toy Story 3

Best F/X
2012
Avatar
District 9
Inception
Iron Man 2
Zombieland

Best Television Performance
Matthew Fox - "Lost"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Zachary Quinto - "Heroes"
Alexander Skarsgård - "True Blood"
Anna Torv - "Fringe"

Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel
Asterios Polyp
Blackest Night
The Boys
Chew
Parker: The Hunter
Scapled
The Walking Dead

Best Comic Book Writer
Jason Aaron
Darwyn Cooke
Garth Ennis
Geoff Johns
Robert Kirkman
Mike Mignola

Best Comic Book Artist
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead
Darwyn Cooke - Parker: The Hunter
Fabio Moon - BPRD: 1947, Sugershock
Frank Quitely - Batman and Robin, Batman
Jill Thompson - Beasts of Burden
JH Williams III - Detective Comics, Batwoman: Elegy

Best Comic Book Movie
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
The Losers

The Scream Awards will be presented announced on October 19, 2010.

Dir: Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence)
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, Andre Braugher, Olek Krupa
USA, 2010

Seen: July 24, 2010 at Scotiabank

Reason to see: Action films with female protagonist = Yes.

Salt stars Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt in a political set international espionage-type film, but with a strong action tone to it. I’d actually say it’s an action-thriller that is surrounded by mystery. One of the things I liked most about the film is that it is a great combination of giving you enough information without being to hard to follow, which keeps you intrigued throughout the film.

I loved Angelina Jolie as the protagonist, she is very capable as being a believable action-type person and she really continues to pull that off here. She’s the best thing about the film as she is so believable and interesting. The story is also intriguing and is one we haven’t seen in a while. It’s a mystery, so you don’t want to know totally what going on and it keeps that mystery going. Often with politically charged thrillers I can myself feeling lost on what is going on, but this film never reduces to the point of feeling confused or lost. I was intrigued, captivated and present as opposed to be lost and waiting for someone to tell me what is going on.

The tone it takes is a little different that what we’ve seen recently, it’s been many years since I’ve seen a spy film that featured Russia as ‘the other country’ and I was surprized to see that. I wonder if that choice is to connect with audiences who are of the vintage to remember that in films, as opposed to younger audiences. It’s seems even more likely when you look at the characters in the film are at minimum in their 30’s or 40’s or older. It’s a refreshing to see as action films seem to be targeted to younger and more general audiences and this film doesn’t exclude that audience, but certainly reaches beyond that audience.

If you like action films with female protagonists, Salt is definitely a cut above a lot of what we’ve seen so far, which was great to see and also promising for future film as well. Everyone’s performance is good in the film and one of the things that makes it work is that all of the characters work with and believe in her competency level in terms of the action. There is no comedic elements to it or non-believing that a woman could do what she does, ever. What a relief, especially since it’s completely integral to her character that she is a woman. Overall, it’s really Angelina Jolie’s movie and she kicks a lot of butt. I’m looking forward to seeing it again and again.

Shannon's Overall View:
I enjoyed it
I'll buy it
I recommend it to fans of action & thrillers, especially those with a female protagonists

14 minutes of preshow including 10 commercials and 5 previews: The Expendables, The American, Red, The Social Network and The Green Hornet

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© Shannon Ridler, 2010

Dir: Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence)
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, Andre Braugher, Olek Krupa
USA, 2010

Seen: July 24, 2010 at Scotiabank

Reason to see: Action films with female protagonist = Yes.

Salt stars Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt in a political set international espionage-type film, but with a strong action tone to it. I’d actually say it’s an action-thriller that is surrounded by mystery. One of the things I liked most about the film is that it is a great combination of giving you enough information without being to hard to follow, which keeps you intrigued throughout the film.

I loved Angelina Jolie as the protagonist, she is very capable as being a believable action-type person and she really continues to pull that off here. She’s the best thing about the film as she is so believable and interesting. The story is also intriguing and is one we haven’t seen in a while. It’s a mystery, so you don’t want to know totally what going on and it keeps that mystery going. Often with politically charged thrillers I can myself feeling lost on what is going on, but this film never reduces to the point of feeling confused or lost. I was intrigued, captivated and present as opposed to be lost and waiting for someone to tell me what is going on.

The tone it takes is a little different that what we’ve seen recently, it’s been many years since I’ve seen a spy film that featured Russia as ‘the other country’ and I was surprized to see that. I wonder if that choice is to connect with audiences who are of the vintage to remember that in films, as opposed to younger audiences. It’s seems even more likely when you look at the characters in the film are at minimum in their 30’s or 40’s or older. It’s a refreshing to see as action films seem to be targeted to younger and more general audiences and this film doesn’t exclude that audience, but certainly reaches beyond that audience.

If you like action films with female protagonists, Salt is definitely a cut above a lot of what we’ve seen so far, which was great to see and also promising for future film as well. Everyone’s performance is good in the film and one of the things that makes it work is that all of the characters work with and believe in her competency level in terms of the action. There is no comedic elements to it or non-believing that a woman could do what she does, ever. What a relief, especially since it’s completely integral to her character that she is a woman. Overall, it’s really Angelina Jolie’s movie and she kicks a lot of butt. I’m looking forward to seeing it again and again.

Shannon's Overall View:
I enjoyed it
I'll buy it
I recommend it to fans of action & thrillers, especially those with a female protagonists

14 minutes of preshow including 10 commercials and 5 previews: The Expendables, The American, Red, The Social Network and The Green Hornet

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© Shannon Ridler, 2010

The Last Exorcism tops the box office chart here in Canada, and takes second spot only narrowly from Takers in North American which had a $20.51M take at the box office (and The Last Exorcism was at $20.37M) Takers debuted at #4 here in Canada.

Over in the UK the debut of Grown Ups takes the lead box office spot and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World debuts high at #2. In Australia Salt stays strong at #1 in it's second week and Vampires Suck debuts at #2 and Piranha 3D debuts at #5.

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. The Last Exorcism *
2. The Expendables
3. Eat Pray Love
4. Takers *
5. The Other Guys
6. Inception
7. Piranha 3D
8. The Switch
9. Vampires Suck
10. Nanny McPhee Returns
11. Despicable Me
12. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
13. Step Up 3D
14. Avatar: Special Edition 3D
15. Salt
16. Y'en aura pas de facile *
17. Dinner for Schmucks
18. Toy Story 3
19. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
20. Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Top 20 Movies in North America for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. Takers *
2. The Last Exorcism *
3. The Expendables
4. Eat Pray Love
5. The Other Guys
6. Vampires Suck
7. Inception
8. Nanny McPhee Returns
9. The Switch
10. Piranha 3D
11. Avatar: Special Edition 3D
12. Lottery Ticket
13. Despicable Me
14. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
15. Salt
16. Dinner for Schmucks
17. Get Low
18. Step Up 3D
19. Toy Story 3
20. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. Grown Ups *
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World *
3. Toy Story 3
4. The Expendables
5. Salt
6. Piranha 3D
7. Inception
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid *
9. Avatar
10. Marmaduke

Top 20 Movies in Australia for the August 26 -29 2010 weekend
1. Salt
2. Vampires Suck *
3. Inception
4. The Expendables
5. Piranha 3D *
6. Step Up 3D
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8. Avatar
9. Boy *
10. The Ghost Writer
11. Matching Jack
12. Toy Story 3
13. The Killer Inside Me *
14. Father of My Children *
15. Cairo Time
16. The Kids Are All Right
17. Hubble 3D
18. Four Lions
19. Knight & Day
20. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

* indicates opening weekend in noted location

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info, Australia Info

The Last Exorcism tops the box office chart here in Canada, and takes second spot only narrowly from Takers in North American which had a $20.51M take at the box office (and The Last Exorcism was at $20.37M) Takers debuted at #4 here in Canada.

Over in the UK the debut of Grown Ups takes the lead box office spot and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World debuts high at #2. In Australia Salt stays strong at #1 in it's second week and Vampires Suck debuts at #2 and Piranha 3D debuts at #5.

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. The Last Exorcism *
2. The Expendables
3. Eat Pray Love
4. Takers *
5. The Other Guys
6. Inception
7. Piranha 3D
8. The Switch
9. Vampires Suck
10. Nanny McPhee Returns
11. Despicable Me
12. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
13. Step Up 3D
14. Avatar: Special Edition 3D
15. Salt
16. Y'en aura pas de facile *
17. Dinner for Schmucks
18. Toy Story 3
19. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
20. Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Top 20 Movies in North America for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. Takers *
2. The Last Exorcism *
3. The Expendables
4. Eat Pray Love
5. The Other Guys
6. Vampires Suck
7. Inception
8. Nanny McPhee Returns
9. The Switch
10. Piranha 3D
11. Avatar: Special Edition 3D
12. Lottery Ticket
13. Despicable Me
14. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
15. Salt
16. Dinner for Schmucks
17. Get Low
18. Step Up 3D
19. Toy Story 3
20. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the August 27, 2010 weekend
1. Grown Ups *
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World *
3. Toy Story 3
4. The Expendables
5. Salt
6. Piranha 3D
7. Inception
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid *
9. Avatar
10. Marmaduke

Top 20 Movies in Australia for the August 26 -29 2010 weekend
1. Salt
2. Vampires Suck *
3. Inception
4. The Expendables
5. Piranha 3D *
6. Step Up 3D
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8. Avatar
9. Boy *
10. The Ghost Writer
11. Matching Jack
12. Toy Story 3
13. The Killer Inside Me *
14. Father of My Children *
15. Cairo Time
16. The Kids Are All Right
17. Hubble 3D
18. Four Lions
19. Knight & Day
20. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

* indicates opening weekend in noted location

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info, Australia Info

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