A full-length version of the movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” starring Hugh Jackman, appeared online Wednesday, a month before it is due in theaters.

“We immediately contacted the appropriate authorities and had it removed,” 20th Century Fox, the film’s distributor, said in a statement. But once a film hits peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, stamping out all clips and incarnations of it can be difficult. Analysts estimate that thousands of people may have already seen the movie, which officially opens in theaters May 1.

Fox said it plans to determine the source of the leak through forensic means. “The FBI and the MPAA [Motion Picture Association of America] also are actively investigating this crime. We are encouraged by the support of fan sites condemning this illegal posting,” Fox said.

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With $42.2 million, the biggest opening gross thus far in 2009, “Friday the 13th” easily won the record-breaking Presidents Day weekend box office race, beating out Valentine’s Day favorites “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “He’s Just Not That Into You,” as well as solid holdovers “Taken” and “Coraline.” (All totals listed here are according to early three-day estimates from Media by Numbers; rough figures for the four-day holiday weekend will be out tomorrow.)

That $42.2 million sum is the top first-weekend figure for any movie in the nearly 30-year-old “Friday the 13th” series — including the 2003 mashup, Freddy vs. Jason, which premiered with $36.4 million. In fact, the original “Friday the 13th” movie, from 1980, grossed just $39.7 million during its entire run, not adjusted for inflation.

In addition, this marks the best bow ever for a horror remake, besting “The Grudge’s” $39.1 million debut gross. And it arrives despite a weak B- CinemaScore review from an audience that skewed male.

In other words, great as this first frame was for “Friday the 13th,” expect a big drop next weekend.

Second place went to hearty holdover “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which banked an expected $19.6 million on a 29 percent drop.

“Taken” came next at No. 3, with $19.3 million in its third frame, a mere 6 percent decline from its previous outing. In three weeks, the out-of-nowhere Liam Neeson juggernaut thriller has grossed nearly $78 million.

Audiences were just not that into freshman flick “Confessions of a Shopaholic” (No. 4), however. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced farce opened with an okay $15.4 million and drew a similarly okay CinemaScore grade of B from a crowd that was 75 percent female.

“Coraline” rounded out the top five with $15.3 million, another teensy decline of just 9 percent from last weekend. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (No. 6) brought its five-week sum to $110.5 million, making it the first-ever non-sequel January release to hit the century mark.

And new movie “The International” (No. 7) stumbled with just $10 million — and a poor CinemaScore grade of C+ from mostly older men.

Overall, it was the best Presidents Day weekend ever: The total gross of all movies playing during this frame was about $190 million, which trumps the previous benchmark of $157 million in 2007 (and is up more than 38 percent from last year). No doubt, Washington and Lincoln would be proud. —- (Entertainment Weekly)

Movie Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073241/

I watched this last nite and this was a really good film. Its fairly new, a couple months old I think. But anyway, long story short the film is about a newspaper report who discovers the story of her life about some government foul play. She somehow gets Top Secret information about a CIA agent from a source that she absolutely refuses to give up. Of course anything involving the government will result in you getting harassed by the secret service, supreme court and whatnot. This is exactly what goes on with the main character Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale). She is put through hell, she gets sent to prison away from her husband and son. Her life falls apart all because she refuses to tell the government who her source is. That is just the icing. The ending will leave you very surprised and touched also.
There’s a lot going on in the movie.

Kate Beckinsale does a very good job portraying her character in this film. Along with Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett and Vera Farmiga. I recommend you watch this one. I give this a 8/10