LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of October 23 through October 25, 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 25, 2009 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross Locations ---- ----- ----------- ------------- --------- 1 Paranormal Activity Paramount $22,000,000 1945 2 Saw VI Lionsgate $14,800,000 3036 3 Where The Wild Things Are Warner Bros. $14,420,000 3735 4 Law Abiding Citizen Overture Films $12,713,000 2890 5 Couples Retreat Universal $11,097,140 3074 6 Astro Boy Summit Entertainment $7,017,000 3014 7 The Stepfather Sony $6,500,000 2734 8 Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Universal $6,347,970 2754 9 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Sony $5,600,000 2741 10 Zombieland Sony $4,300,000 2447 11 Amelia Fox Searchlight $4,025,000 818 12 A Serious Man Focus Features $1,128,636 176 Weekend of 10/23/09 to 10/25/09
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