LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of October 30 through November 1, 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, November 1, 2009 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Cume Locations Gross 1 Michael Jackson's Sony 21,300,000 32,508,532 3481 This Is It 2 Paranormal Activity Paramount 16,540,000 84,780,045 2404 3 Law Abiding Citizen Overture Films 7,303,000 51,384,650 2764 4 Couples Retreat Universal 6,097,390 86,663,145 3026 5 Saw VI Lionsgate 5,560,000 22,823,955 3036 6 Where The Wild Warner Bros. 5,081,000 61,799,962 3645 Things Are 7 The Stepfather Sony 3,400,000 24,748,009 2346 8 Astro Boy Summit Entertainment 3,035,000 10,890,767 3020 9 Amelia Fox Searchlight 3,000,000 8,305,832 1070 10 Cirque Du Freak: The Universal 2,809,080 10,520,870 2754 Vampire's Assistant 11 Cloudy With A Chance Sony 2,700,000 118,556,602 2322 Of Meatballs 12 Zombieland Sony 2,600,000 71,160,901 2056 Weekend of 10/30/09 to 11/01/09
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