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A ballet company is casting a new lead, replacing the current one Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) as the Swan Queen in the production of Swan Lake. Nina Sayers Natalie Portman) is among the dancers competing for the part, including Lily (Mila Kunis). The ballet director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) considers her perfect for the White Swan but she has not enough passion for the sensual Black Swan.

Eventually she is cast in the lead and presented in front of a crowd. Nina starts to present delusions and visual hallucinations. She believes that Lily, her understudy, wants to take away the lead from her. Thomas on the other hand expresses criticism about her dance as the Black Swan that is performed without passion. One night, Lilly and Nina have a night out, after which they go back to Nina’s place and have sex together. When Nina wakes up, she is alone in the apartment and rushed to the apartment.
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January 21 – January 23, 2011
Weekend

1st – No Strings Attached, opened this week with $20.3 million.

2nd – The Green Hornet, earned on week two $18.1 million.

3nd – The Dilemma, earned on week two $9.7 million.

4th – The King’s Speech, week nine got $9.1 million.

5th – True Grit, earned on week five $8 million.

6th – Black Swan, on week eight got $6.2 million.

7th – The Fighter, on week seven got $4.5 million.

8th – Little Fockers, earned on week five $4.3 million.

9th – Yogi Bear, on week six earned $4 million.

10th – Tron Legacy, on week 6ix got $3.7 million