Christmas Weekend Movie Premieres: 'Tintin' a Box Office Hit?

By Emma Koonse, Christian Post Reporter Friday, December 23, 2011

This holiday weekend has something for everyone in theaters with new movies premiering Friday.

Joining last week’s box office hits, which include “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol” – the latest film my renowned director Steven Spielberg – is “War Horse.” This movie takes place in rural England and follows the relationship between a young man and his horse through Europe. After they are separated, each of their lives is chronicled through World War I.

The extraordinary horse changes and inspires the leaders around it, and this emotional drama hits theaters everywhere Friday.

Watch the trailer for “War Horse” here.

Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut in “In the Land of Blood and Honey” also premieres Friday. The Bosnian love story sees two lovers torn apart because of politics during the nation's civil war.

Watch the trailer for “In the Land of Blood and Honey” here.

The American version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is in theaters this weekend. The violent, provocative story follows Lisbeth Salander as she tries to unveil the corruption and crime of her country’s government leaders.

The trailer for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” can be seen here.

For the family, “The Adventures of Tintin” also hits theaters Friday.

Watch the trailer for “The Adventures of Tintin” here.

Also for children this weekend, Matt Damon appears in the film “We Bought A Zoo” –the story of a man relocating his family and opening a zoo. The Cameron Crow-directed film is predicted to be the weekend's top earner in the box-office.

Watch the trailer for the film, which is based on a true story, here.