LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of October 9 through October 11, 2009 according to the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 11, 2009 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross Cume Locations ---- ----- ----------- ------------- ---- --------- 1 Couples Retreat Universal 35,340,000 35,340,000 3000 2 Zombieland Sony 15,000,000 47,801,081 3038 3 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Sony 12,000,000 96,250,956 2992 4 Toy Story / Toy Story 2 Disney 7,674,000 22,676,348 1752 5 Paranormal Activity Paramount 7,066,000 8,279,241 159 6 Surrogates Disney 4,115,000 32,572,467 2992 7 The Invention Of Lying Warner Bros. 3,370,000 12,326,605 1743 8 Whip It Fox Searchlight 2,800,000 8,766,058 1738 9 Capitalism: A Love Story Overture Films 2,700,000 9,095,191 995 10 Fame MGM 2,556,000 20,041,739 3110 11 The Informant Warner Bros. 2,210,000 29,853,148 2202 12 Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself Lionsgate 1,540,000 50,411,657 1313 Weekend of 10/09/09 to 10/11/09
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