Slipping to seventh is Liam Neeson's Taken. This movie has had a very impressive run. I still cannot believe its success. Do not get me wrong, I am happy — the film is fantastic and worthy of all the success it has had. It is currently sitting at $133 million and should be able to make it past $140 million.
Slumdog Millionaire holds onto eighth place and continues its post-Oscar success. The film is a delightful piece of cinema and helps bring back a little bit of uplifting magic that is missing in so many features.
The top ten is rounded out with Madea Goes to Jail, continuing its successful run as Tyler Perry's biggest hit, and Coraline, which has reclaimed many 3D screens from the slumping Jonas Brothers concert film. I would recommend seeing that in 3D as soon as you can if you haven't, as Monsters vs. Aliens will be taking them away come this weekend.
Next weekend will see new competition from the John Cena action vehicle 12 Rounds, the true-life horror of The Haunting in Connecticut, and the previously mentioned Monsters vs. Aliens.
Three movies dropped off the top ten this week: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (11), He's Just Not That Into You (12), and Miss March (17).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Knowing | $24,604,751 | $24,604,751 | 1 |
| 2 | N | I Love You, Man | $17,810,270 | $17,810,270 | 1 |
| 3 | N | Duplicity | $13,965,110 | $13,965,110 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Race to Witch Mountain | $12,786,041 | $44,496,593 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | Watchmen | $6,801,114 | $98,140,886 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | The Last House on the Left (2009) | $5,776,160 | $23,902,420 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Taken (2009) | $4,057,695 | $133,096,403 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,676,369 | $137,178,177 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail | $2,566,535 | $87,264,219 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 | Coraline | $2,130,746 | $72,841,173 | 7 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Interesting weekend. I never would have thought that the new Nic Cage flick would top the charts, hence my putting it down in third place. Well, I was proven wrong, again. Overall, I feel pretty good about my placings for the week. I was able to successfully place the core of the list, with minor mistakes at the top and bottom. As for my gross predictions, I was over on everything. I guess I should not have been quite so optimistic.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 2 | 1 | I Love You, Man | $17,810,270 | $22 million |
| 3 | 2 | Duplicity | $13,965,110 | $21 million |
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1 |
3 | Knowing | $24,604,751 | $19 million |
| 4 | 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | $12,786,041 | $15 million |
| 5 | 5 | Watchmen | $6,801,114 |
$9.5 million |
| 6 | 6 | The Last House on the Left | $5,776,160 | $7 million |
| 7 | 7 | Taken (2009) | $4,057,695 | $5 million |
| 8 | 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,676,369 | $4 million |
| 11 | 9 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,842,984 | $3.5 million |
| 9 | 10 | Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail | $2,566,535 | $2.5 million |
Article comments
1 - Kevin Gustafson
If any male utters the word "bromance" or "Bro-Mo" in place of buddy movie, I will chuck old movie stubs at them. Seriously, I was standing in line at Target and a couple of girls were talking about I Love You, Man and used the word to describe it. The hairs on the back of my head stood on end.
But, I'll probably be nicer if I'm hanging out in a group of people. I'll just change the subject real quick.
2 - El Bicho
"It is the first ever bromance feature film, I believe."
Nope.