Next is another 2009 success story, Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The Kevin James vehicle has long since passed the century mark and there is talk of a sequel. This is a movie that really surprised me with how funny it is and that it is family safe.
Eighth place is held by He's Just Not That Into You, which just seems to keep on chugging along. I would have thought this would drop off the list by now. I enjoyed it, but it is one of those movies that really doesn't deserve a lot of attention. Still, I will not begrudge it the success it is enjoying.
Coraline is hanging on. I am glad to see it succeed as much as it has, although I wish that it didn't lose all of those 3D projectors to the Jonas Brothers (look how well that's done). It is an absolutely wonderful film that is great for families, although the youngest may not be ready for it. Henry Selick is amazing at directing this painstaking animation process.
Rounding out the top ten is the new release Miss March, which is pretty much dead on arrival. I expect this sex-comedy romp to disappear pretty quickly.
Next week will see the arrival of a trio of new releases. The new choices include the new spy farce Duplicity, which stars Clive Owen and Julia Roberts, I Love You Man, the comedy that pairs Paul Rudd with Jason Segel, and Knowing, the new Nicolas Cage thriller.
Two movies dropped off the top ten this week: Confessions of a Shopaholic (11) and Fired Up! (12).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Race to Witch Mountain | $24,402,214 | $24,402,214 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Watchmen | $17,817,301 | $85,751,993 | 2 |
| 3 | N | The Last House on the Left (2009) | $14,118,685 | $14,118,685 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | Taken (2009) | $6,568,651 | $126,752,054 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail | $5,108,532 | $83,187,594 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,002,777 | $132,602,820 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $3,119,151 | $137,785,983 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | He's Just Not That Into You | $2,939,484 | $89,038,259 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | Coraline | $2,718,231 | $69,240,852 | 6 |
| 10 | N | Miss March | $2,409,156 | $2,409,156 | 1 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Unbelievable. This week was actually halfway decent. I got half of the top ten placed correctly, including the top four. Perhaps my luck is turning and this trend will continue. Somehow, I doubt it but it is fun to dream. On the money side of the coin, I tended towards overestimation. Sure, a couple were pretty close, but I can always do better. There is always next week.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Race to Witch Mountain | $24,402,214 | $28 million |
| 2 | 2 | Watchmen | $17,817,301 | $24 million |
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3 | 3 | The Last House on the Left | $14,118,685 | $13 million |
| 4 | 4 | Taken (2009) | $6,568,651 | $6.5 million |
| 5 | 5 | Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail | $5,108,532 |
$5.5 million |
| 10 | 6 | Miss March | $2,409,156 | $5 million |
| 7 | 7 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $3,119,151 | $4 million |
| 6 | 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,002,777 | $4 million |
| 8 | 9 | He's Just Not That Into You | $2,939,484 | $3 million |
| 9 | 10 | Coraline | $2,718,231 | $2.5 million |
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