It should also be noted that neither of the top two films are in 3-D.
Two films starring Jessica Chastain, Mama and Zero Dark Thirty, took up fourth and fifth place.
Two films did better than expected this weekend: Life of Pi and Red Dawn.
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Two films that opened after Christmas featured virtuoso performances in very different explorations of the family.
But producers are not stopping their efforts at making classics popular with today's audiences with these two films alone.
Only two films released that month earned as much, says Mr Kotick, and they cost far more to make.
The two films will be released individually outside the US from 31 May.
Last year Spielberg had two films in theaters at the same time: War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin.
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Del Toro, in the biggest project of his career, had signed on to direct two films based on the novel.
Now he's returning with two films: the smallish War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.
His health aside, the Wedding Crashers star has two films in production and another two to promote for their studios.
He is writing two films, one a thriller and one science fiction, and he feels the latter could be in 3-D.
Kidman's two films are Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, and The Human Stain, in which she stars alongside Anthony Hopkins.
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But though the two films share a metaphor for human inaction (the inability to leave a fixed space), the similarities end there.
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Only two films in the past 20 years have won both Best Picture at the Oscars and best comedy at the Globes.
Apart from their tiny budgets, these two films could scarcely differ more.
Does Donner think there is a comparison to be made between the special effects technology utilised for two films lensed 30 years apart?
With MGM's classic titles long gone to the Warner library, the studio hasn't the riches it once did, but two films need no apology.
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When the final numbers come in the picture can look a little different, especially when two films are fighting it out for first place.
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The studio only has two films slated for release this year: The Croods and Turbo, about a speedy snail, which hits theaters this summer.
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"We didn't send out 6, 000 screeners or take out national ads in 'Variety, '" said Mr. Beckman of the Oscars campaigns for his two films.
These are the two films reflecting much about where the United States is today, how it got here, and where it might be headed.
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Many fans consider subsequent two films with Robert Redford, Inside Daisy Clover and This Property Is Condemned, to be the most notable of Wood's career.
The two films, if they make it out of development, will be released after Episode VII, which Iger said is on target for summer 2015.
On the other hand, Dunn notes that what makes those two films look so good in part is the attention to detail from the original directors.
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In Phase One, Marvel released Thor along with Captain America, so those two films could help support one another in 2011 as a prelude to The Avengers.
Mr. Fuller, a director of gritty war and crime movies whose work influenced directors from Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino, made two films reimagining his wartime experiences.
The scheduled 3D release of two films in the Star Wars franchise has been postponed to enable filmmakers to concentrate on the next instalment in the series.
Paramount was able to bring in the bulk of the cast for the third-person shooter game, which followed an original story that takes place between the two films.
But the two films above hold more than just the success of their respective franchises in their hands, but truly the fate of the studios that produce them.
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