Aside from the top ten, there is one big story in non-top ten land. Precious placed 12th and is poised to make a big splash. The film has had a lot of Oscar buzz floating around it and it appears the public may follow suit. The drama took in $1.8 million from just 16 theaters. Its per screen average was over $100,000. If that is not impressive, I do not know what is. Now I just need to see it.
Next week will see new competition from Roland Emmerich's latest disaster flick 2012 and the "based on a true story" film about rock and roll in Britain, Pirate Radio (formerly known as The Boat that Rocked).
Four films dropped off the list this week: Saw VI (11), The Stepfather (14), Amelia (13), and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (17).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | A Christmas Carol 3D | $30,051,075 | $30,051,075 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $13,157,944 | $57,013,286 | 2 |
| 3 | N | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $12,706,654 | $12,706,654 | 1 |
| 4 | N | The Fourth Kind | $12,231,160 | $12,231,160 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $8,278,605 | $97,108,475 | 7 |
| 6 | N | The Box | $7,571,417 | $7,571,417 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Couples Retreat | $6,129,045 | $95,680,555 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | $6,003,737 | $60,704,335 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | Where the Wild Things Are | $4,177,249 | $69,220,584 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | Astro Boy | $2,626,103 | $15,110,804 | 3 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Easily the worst weekend I have had in awhile, but that's all right. I think that is starting to become my weekly mantra! Eventually things will begin to look up, but who knows how far off that will be? Fortunately, I am just having a little fun with this and no one's job is at stake. I was a little surprised that A Christmas Carol did not open stronger, but it is a bit early for holiday cinema so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. What can I say about the rest? I was not really all that bad on the dollars, but my placings were awful. Perhaps next week will be better.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual |
Prediction |
Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | A Christmas Carol 3D | $30,051,075 | $43 million |
| 4 | 2 | The Fourth Kind | $12,231,160 | $13 million |
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6 |
3 | The Box | $7,571,417 | $12.5 million |
| 2 | 4 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $13,157,944 | $10.5 million |
| 3 | 5 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $12,706,654 |
$9.5 million |
| 5 | 6 | Paranormal Activity | $8,278,605 | $9 million |
| 8 | 7 | Law Abiding Citizen | $6,003,737 | $4 million |
| 7 | 8 | Couples Retreat | $6,129,045 | $3.5 million |
| 9 | 9 | Where the Wild Things Are | $4,177,249 | $3 million |
| 11 | 10 | Saw VI | $2,031,944 | $2.5 million |
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