Box Office: 'The Roommate' scares up $15M

Despite expected negative reviews from across the board, Christian E. Christiansen's new thriller "The Roommate" easily took over the North American box office this weekend with $15.6 million in ticket sales at 2,534 sites. Not a bad result for a flick that only cost around $16 million to make.

The title of this one says it all: a college student faces hell when her new roommate turns out to be a super freak. The film stars Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly and Cam Gigandet, and it will probably take a big dive at the b.o. next weekend. For now though, it's the No.1 movie nationwide, earning an average of $6,156 per theater.

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Jason Statham to star in 'Mechanic' remake?

Jason Statham (currently onscreen in "Crank: High Voltage") is apparently in talks to star in a reinvention of Michael Winner's 1972 action thriller "The Mechanic," according to Production Weekly's Twitter feed. Simon West, whose credits include "Con Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and the remake of "When a Stranger Calls," is in negotiations to direct the film.

The original "Mechanic" starred Charles Bronson as a gifted hit man who takes on an apprentice (Jan-Michael Vincent) and teaches him everything he knows before getting ready to retire. At first, everything goes pretty well, until the apprentice's cocky attitude and ruthlessness causes quite the tricky situation between the two men.