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BOX OFFICE :: Michael Jackson's This Is It Banks $101 Million Worldwide

This Is It led the weekend box office with $21.3 million from Friday-Sunday. It's five-day worldwide haul stands at $101 million. In the United States, This Is It grossed $32.5 million in its first five days. In response, Sony announced that the concert film will remain in theaters through the Thanksgiving weekend.

Paranormal Activity (second place, $16.5 million) has grossed $84.8 million overall.

In its third weekend, Law Abiding Citizen (third place, $7.3 million; $51.4 million overall) moved up to third place.

Saw VI (fifth place, $5.6 million; $22.8 million overall) saw ticket sales fall 61% during Halloween weekend.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Michael Jackson's This Is It, $21.3 million
2. Paranormal Activity, $16.5 million
3. Law Abiding Citizen, $7.3 million
4. Couples Retreat, $6.1 million
5. Saw VI, $5.6 million
6. Where the Wild Things Are, $5.1 million
7. The Stepfather, $3.4 million
8. Astro Boy, $3.04 million
9. Amelia, $3 million
10. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, $2.8 million

~Papi Chulo~

BOX OFFICE :: Paranormal Activity Came, Saw, Conquered

Paranormal Activity conjured $22 million in its first weekend with a full wide release. The horror flick clawed its way to the top of the box office after a full month in theaters. The film's overall gross stands at $62.5 million.

Saw VI banked just $14.8 million for second place. It was the worst opening in the Saw franchise's history. It's half of the $30 million that Saw V opened to a year ago. The Saw franchise hasn't seen a sub-$30 million opening weekend since Jigsaw's big screen debut back in 2004.

Astro Boy debuted in sixth place with $7 million, while Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ($6.3 million) opened in eighth place. Amelia opened in 11th place with $4 million. What is so noteworthy about the previous three films? Each bombed at the box office... and each cost $40 million to make.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Paranormal Activity, $22 million
2. Saw VI, $14.8 million
3. Where the Wild Things Are, $14.4 million
4. Law Abiding Citizen, $12.7 million
5. Couples Retreat, $11.1 million
6. Astro Boy, $7 million
7. The Stepfather, $6.5 million
8. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, $6.3 million
9. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $5.6 million
10. Zombieland, $4.3 million

~Papi Chulo~

BOX OFFICE :: Wild Things Scares Up $32.5 Million

Where the Wild Things Are topped the weekend box office with a $32.5 million debut.

Law Abiding Citizen ($21.3 million) entered the box office race in second.

Paranormal Activity (third place, $20.2 million) had its biggest weekend yet. To date, the flick has scared up $33.7 million.

The Stepfather made $12.3 million for fifth place.

The Toy Story and Toy Story 2 3D: Double Feature was only supposed to play for two weeks?

Black Dynamite made $140,986 at 70 theaters.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Where the Wild Things Are, $32.5 million
2. Law Abiding Citizen, $21.3 million
3. Paranormal Activity, $20.2 million
4. Couples Retreat, $17.9 million
5. The Stepfather, $12.3 million
6. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $8.1 million
7. Zombieland, $7.8 million
8. Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D: Double Feature, $3 million
9. Surrogates, $1.9 million
10. The Invention of Lying, $1.9 million

~Papi Chulo~

BOX OFFICE :: Couples Retreat's a Popular Destination

Couples Retreat banked the year's biggest-opening for a romantic comedy. The film debuted at the top with $35.3 million.

Zombieland dropped to second place with $15 million (overall: $47.8 million).

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (third place, $12 million; $96.3 million overall) continues to rake in the dough.

Paranormal Activity rose to fifth place with $7.1 million. To date, the film has grossed $8.3 million.

Good Hair ($1 million at 186 theaters) had a good debut.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Couples Retreat, $35.3 million
2. Zombieland, $15 million
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $12 million
4. Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D: Double Feature, $7.7 million
5. Paranormal Activity, $7.1 million
6. Surrogates, $4.1 million
7. The Invention of Lying, $3.4 million
8. Whip It, $2.8 million
9. Capitalism: A Love Story, $2.7 million
10. Fame, $2.6 million

~Papi Chulo~

BOX OFFICE :: Zombieland Lives!

Zombieland debuted at the top of the weekend box office with a $25 million Friday-Sunday haul.

The Toy Story and Toy Story 2 3D: Double Feature debuted in third with $12.5 million in ticket sales.

The Invention of Lying ($7.4 million) debuted in fourth.

Whip It opened in sixth with $4.9 million (tie).

Capitalism: A Love Story (sixth place [tie], $4.9 million) broke wide... and broke into the Top 10.

Inglourious Basterds left the Top 10 after six weekends. The film's overall haul stands at $116.9 million.

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself left the Top 10 after three weekends with a $48.4 million haul.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Zombieland, $25 million
2. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $16.7 million
3. Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D: Double Feature, $12.5 million
4. The Invention of Lying, $7.4 million
5. Surrogates, $7.3 million
6. Whip It, $4.9 million (tie)
6. Capitalism: A Love Story, $4.9 million (tie)
8. Fame, $4.8 million
9. The Informant!, $3.8 million
10. Love Happens, $2.8 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Another Cloudy Weekend

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs remained at the top of the weekend box office with a $24.6 million Friday-Sunday gross.

Surrogates debuted in second place with $15 million, while Fame entered in third with $10 million.

Pandorum opened with $4.4 million (sixth place).

Capitalism: A Love Story played at four theaters and made $240,000.

Paranormal Activity made $80,000 in late-night showings at 12 theaters.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $24.6 million
2. Surrogates, $15 million
3. Fame, $10 million
4. The Informant!, $6.9 million
5. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself, $4.8 million
6. Pandorum, $4.4 million
7. Love Happens, $4.3 million
8. Jennifer's Body, $3.5 million
9. 9, $2.8 million
10. Inglourious Basterds, $2.7 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Clear Forecast for a Cloudy Win

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs led the weekend box office with a $30.1 million Friday-Sunday gross.

The Informant! debuted in second place with a gross of $10.5 million!

Love Happens entered the Top 10 in fifth place ($8.5 million), while Jennifer's Body debuted in sixth place ($6.8 million).

Julie & Julia dropped out of the Top 10 after six weekends and a $88.4 million overall haul.

District 9 fell out of the Top 10 after five weekends and a $111.6 million overall haul.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $30.1 million
2. The Informant!, $10.5 million
3. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself, $10.1 million
4. Love Happens, $8.5 million
5. Jennifer's Body, $6.8 million
6. 9, $5.5 million
7. Inglourious Basterds, $3.6 million
8. All About Steve, $3.4 million
9. Sorority Row, $2.5 million
10. The Final Destination, $2.4 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad Does Good

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself debuted at the top of the weekend box office with a $24 million Friday-Sunday gross.

Tim Burton's 9 debuted in second place with $10.9 million.

Sorority Row (sixth place, $5.3 million) and Whiteout (seventh place, $5.1 million) were the weekend's two new horror flicks.

Inglourious Basterds slipped to third. It took in another $6.5 million which upped its overall gross to $104.3 million.

All About Steve (fourth place, $5.8 million) saw business drop less than 50% from opening weekend.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, $24 million
2. 9, $10.9 million
3. Inglourious Basterds, $6.5 million
4. All About Steve, $5.8 million
5. The Final Destination, $5.5 million
6. Sorority Row, $5.3 million
7. Whiteout, $5.1 million
8. District 9, $3.6 million
9. Julie & Julia, $3.3 million
10. Gamer, $3.2 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: It's All About the Final Destination, Not Steve

Last weekend's champ, The Final Destination, was this weekend's champ with $15.4 million.

Inglourious Basterds marched toward $100 million with a $15 million (second place) Friday-Monday take.

All About Steve debuted in third place with a respectable $14 million Friday-Monday haul.

Gamer scored $11.2 million. That was enough for a fourth place debut.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will make $1 million through today and will join Hollywood's exclusive $400 million or more club.

District 9 broke $100 million with $8 million (fifth place).

Extract grossed $5.5 million for a ninth place debut.

G-Force dropped out of the Top 10 after six weekends and a $114.6 million haul.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. The Final Destination, $15.4 million
2. Inglourious Basterds, $15 million
3. All About Steve, $14 million
4. Gamer, $11.2 million
5. District 9, $8 million
6. Halloween 2, $7.01 million
7. Julie & Julia, $7 million
8. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, $6.7 million
9. Extract, $5.5 million
10. The Time Traveler's Wife, $5.46 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Moviegoers Flock to Their Final Destination

Moviegoers and the Inglourious Basterds met their Final Destination over the weekend.

The Final Destination topped all films with an estimated $28.3 million debut.

Basterds dipped to second place on $20 million in ticket sales. Inglourious Basterds saw ticket sales drop less than 50% from its first weekend. The film has grossed $73.8 million domestically.

Halloween 2 debuted in third place with $17.4 million.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince left the Top 10 after six weekends. The film has made over $294.4 million domestically.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10:

1. The Final Destination, $28.3 million
2. Inglourious Basterds, $20 million
3. Halloween 2, $17.4 million
4. District 9, $10.7 million
5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, $8 million
6. Julie & Julia, $7.4 million
7. The Time Traveler's Wife, $6.7 million
8. Shorts, $4.9 million
9. Taking Woodstock, $3.7 million
10. G-Force, $2.8 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Basterds Rakes In the Dough

Inglourious Basterds debuted at the top spot over the weekend. The revisionist World War II epic earned $37.6 million.

Last week's chart-topper, District 9, dropped to second place on $18.9 million in ticket sales. The sci-fi film has grossed $73.5 million domestically.

Shorts debuted in fifth place with $6.6 million.

Post Grad opened in tenth place with $2.8 million.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10.

1. Inglourious Basterds, $37.6 million
2. District 9, $18.9 million
3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, $12.5 million
4. The Time Traveler's Wife, $10 million
5. Julie & Julia, $9 million
6. Shorts, $6.6 million
7. G-Force, $4.2 million
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $3.5 million
9. The Ugly Truth, $2.9 million
10. Post Grad, $2.8 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: District 9 Trumps G.I. Joe

District 9 debuted at the top of the box office. The $30 million Peter Jackson-produced alien film grossed $37 million.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (second place) picked up another $22.5 million. The action flick moved its domestic total to $98.8 million.

The Time Traveler's Wife finished third for the weekend with $19.2 million.

Julie & Julia fell from second to fourth with $12.4 million. The $40 million movie has grossed $43.7 million domestically.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard debuted in sixth with $5.4 million.

Ponyo debuted in ninth with $3.5 million.

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. District 9, $37 million
2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, $22.5 million
3. The Time Traveler's Wife, $19.2 million
4. Julie & Julia, $12.4 million
5. G-Force, $6.9 million
6. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, $5.4 million
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $5.2 million
8. The Ugly Truth, $4.5 million
9. Ponyo, $3.5 million
10. (500) Days of Summer, $3 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: G.I. Dough!

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ruled the weekend box office with a $56.2 million debut ...

Julie & Julia opened big with $20.1 million for second place ...

Funny People saw a 65% drop in ticket sales ... The film fell from first to fifth place with a $7.9 million gross ...

A Perfect Getaway had an imperfect debut ... The thriller debuted in seventh place with $5.8 million ...

Four weeks after debuting in theaters, (500) Days of Summer ($3.725 million) cracked the Top 10 ...

In its seventh weekend, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($3 million) fell out of the Top 10 ... The film has grossed $393.7 million overall ...

The Hangover lasted in the Top 10 for eight weekends ... The film has made $262 million overall ...

Also exiting the Top 10: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($185.2 million through Thursday) and The Proposal ($151.9 million through Thursday) ...

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, $56.2 million
2. Julie & Julia, $20.1 million
3. G-Force, $9.8 million
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $8.9 million
5. Funny People, $7.9 million
6. The Ugly Truth, $7 million
7. A Perfect Getaway, $5.8 million
8. Aliens in the Attic, $4 million
9. Orphan, $3.73 million
10. (500) Days of Summer, $3.725 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Funny People Gets Last Laugh

Funny People grossed $23.4 million Friday-Sunday to take the top spot ...

Brüno dropped out of the Top 10 after only three weekends ... It's total domestic gross equals $59.1 million ...

G-Force ($17.1 million) slipped two places to third ...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($17.7 million) stabilized in second place ... It's overall gross stands at $255.5 million ...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen slid to 10th place but picked up another $4.6 million and upped its haul to $388.1 million ...

Aliens in the Attic debuted in fifth with $7.8 million ...

The Collector got a good scare ... Its $3.6 million debut wasn't enough to land it a spot in the Top 10 ...

Public Enemies was eliminated from the Top 10 after four weekends and a $93.1 million run ...

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. Funny People, $23.4 million
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $17.7 million
3. G-Force, $17.1 million
4. The Ugly Truth, $13 million
5. Aliens in the Attic, $7.8 million
6. Orphan, $7.3 million
7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $5.3 million
8. The Hangover, $5.1 million
9. The Proposal, $4.8 million
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $4.6 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: G-Force Guinea Pigs Upset Harry Potter

The guinea-pig-powered comedy G-Force ($32.2 million) opened big over the weekend to take the top spot away from Harry Potter ...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince saw ticket sales slip 61% from its opening weekend ... The film dropped to second place with $30 million ... It has grossed $221.8 million overall ...

The Ugly Truth opened in third place with $27 million ...

Orphan debuted in fourth place with a respectable $12.8 million Friday-Sunday gross ...

Brüno (tenth place, $2.7 million) saw ticket sales drop 67% and barely hung on to a Top 10 finish ...

Up departed the Top 10 after an eight week run ... Its overall gross totals $283.6 million ... The film stands behind only Finding Nemo on the list of all-time Disney/Pixar grossers ...

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. G-Force, $32.2 million
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $30 million
3. The Ugly Truth, $27 million
4. Orphan, $12.8 million
5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $8.2 million
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $8 million
7. The Hangover, $6.5 million
8. The Proposal, $6.4 million
9. Public Enemies, $4.2 million
10. Brüno, $2.7 million

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: The Half-Blood Prince Tops Brüno

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ruled the weekend ... The film followed its big Wednesday opening with a big $79.5 million Friday-Sunday intake ... The film has pushed its overall take to $159.7 million ...

Brüno saw ticket sales dip drop plunge 72.7% from last weekend ... In its second weekend the controversial comedy fell from first to fourth and from $30.6 million to $8.4 million ... The film has an overall gross of $49.6 million ...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (third place) grossed another $13.8 million (overall: $363.9 million) ...

The Hangover (fifth place, $8.3 million) has grossed $235.9 million overall ...

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $79.5 million
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $17.7 million
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $13.8 million
4. Brüno, $8.4 million
5. The Hangover, $8.3 million
6. The Proposal, $8.29 million
7. Public Enemies, $7.6 million
8. Up, $3.1 million
9. My Sister's Keeper, $2.8 million
10. I Love You, Beth Cooper, $2.7 million

~Papi Chulo~

Harry Potter's $58.2 Million Opening

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince grossed $58.2 million yesterday ... The box office take is the biggest-ever opening day for the Harry Potter film series ...

Half-Blood Prince started off Wednesday with $22.2 million from midnight screenings ...

~Papi Chulo~

Harry Potter Became the New King of Midnight!

The wizard beat Batman ...

Warner Bros has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored $22.2 million from midnight screenings this morning ...

Potter bested the previous record-holder The Dark Knight by nearly $4 million in ticket sales ...

~Papi Chulo~

Box Office :: Does This Debut Make Brüno Look Fat?

Brüno took the top spot from the Transformers and the Dinosaurs at the weekend box office ... The button-pushing comedy grossed $30.4 million ...

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($28.5 million) held on to second place ... It dropped only 32% in ticket sales ...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($24.2 million) fell from first to third ... It's overall intake stands at $339.2 million ...

The Proposal (fifth place, $10.5 million) has grossed $113.8 million overall ...

Public Enemies (fourth place, $14.1 million) dropped 44% from its debut weekend ...

I Love You, Beth Cooper was the weekend's other major new release ... Not that you could tell from its seventh place ($5 million) debut ...

Here is a look at this weekend's Top 10 ...

1. Brüno, $30.4 million
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $28.5 million
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $24.2 million
4. Public Enemies, $14.1 million
5. The Proposal, $10.5 million
6. The Hangover, $9.9 million
7. I Love You, Beth Cooper, $5 million
8. Up, $4.7 million
9. My Sister's Keeper, $4.2 million
10. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $1.5 million

~Papi Chulo~

Transformers Sequel Hits $300 Million

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has hit the $300 million mark in U.S. ticket sales after 14 days in theaters ...

By comparison ... 2007's Transformers grossed $319.2 million during its entire domestic theatrical run ... It made $700 million worldwide ...

Since its June 24 release ... Revenge of the Fallen has grossed $600 million internationally ...

~Papi Chulo~