LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of November 6 through November 8, 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 8, 2009 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross Cume Location ---- ----- ----------- ------------- ---- -------- 1 Disney's A Disney Christmas Carol 31,000,000 31,000,000 3683 - ---------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---- 2 Michael Jackson's Sony This Is It 14,000,000 57,855,342 3481 - ----------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---- 3 The Men Who Stare Overture Films At Goats 13,309,000 13,309,000 2443 - ----------------- -------------- ---------- ---------- ---- 4 The Fourth Kind Universal 12,521,285 12,521,285 2527 - --------------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---- 5 Paranormal Paramount Activity 8,600,000 97,429,870 2558 - ----------------- -------------- --------- ---------- ---- 6 The Box Warner Bros. 7,855,000 7,855,000 2635 - ------- ------------ --------- --------- ---- 7 Couples Retreat Universal 6,428,250 95,979,760 2857 - --------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---- 8 Law Abiding Overture Films Citizen 6,172,000 60,872,598 2474 - ----------------- -------------- --------- ---------- ---- 9 Where The Wild Warner Bros. Things Are 4,225,000 69,268,335 2756 - ----------------- -------------- --------- ---------- ---- 10 Astro Boy Summit Entertainment 2,588,000 15,072,701 1918 -- ----------------- -------------- --------- ---------- ---- 11 Saw VI Lionsgate 2,000,000 26,220,442 2091 -- ------ --------- --------- ---------- ---- 12 The Stepfather Sony 1,900,000 27,515,070 1424 -- -------------- ---- --------- ---------- ---- Weekend of 11/06/09 to 11/08/09
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