LOS ANGELES, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of March 5 through March 7, 2010 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, March 7, 2010 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross Cume Locations -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Alice In Wonderland Disney $116,300,000 $116,300,000 3728 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Brooklyn's Finest Overture Films $13,500,000 $13,500,000 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Shutter Island Paramount $13,300,000 $95,824,594 3178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Cop Out Warner Bros. $9,145,000 $32,360,299 3150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Avatar 20th Century Fox $7,700,000 $720,189,342 2163 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 The Crazies Overture Films $7,016,000 $27,409,313 2479 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Percy Jackson & The 20th Century Fox $5,100,000 $78,033,126 2994 Olympians: Lightning -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Valentine's Day Warner Bros. $4,270,000 $106,419,760 3040 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Crazy Heart Fox Searchlight $3,350,000 $29,569,411 1274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Dear John Sony $2,850,000 $76,694,007 2496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Tooth Fairy 20th Century Fox $1,675,000 $56,230,644 1734 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 The Wolfman Universal $1,600,375 $60,409,860 1829 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekend of 3/05/10 to 3/07/10
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