Watchmen Tops Box Office

March 8, 2009 by Liam
Filed under: Box Office, Movie News

Watchmen was the top movie at the box office this weekend, earning a reported $55.6 million. Many are calling the film’s performance a disappointment considering estimates had the movie coming in anywhere from $60 – $70+ million. Unfortunately, for the Watchmen, although the movie opened strong with $25 million on Friday (including midnight screenings), the movie couldn’t hold onto the momentum, dropping 25% on Saturday and a projected 40% on Sunday.

Falling to 2nd place for the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail which earned $8.8 million. After 3 weekends in release, the movie has earned more than $76 million.

Continuing steady in 3rd place was Taken. The thriller, starring Liam Neeson, added another $7.4 million to bring its 6-week total to $118 million.

In 4th place was Slumdog Millionaire which earned another $6.9 million. The Best Picture winner has accumulated $125 million to-date.

Rounding out the top 5 films was Paul Blart: Mall Cop which earned $4.2 million. After 8 weekends in release, the Kevin James comedy has earned $133 million.

Next weekend’s new releases include the Disney’s remake of Race to Witch Mountain, Universal’s remake of The Last House on the Left and the comedy Miss March.

For more information, check out our Box Office results.

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