Weekend Boxoffice Numbers

In Order

Race to Witch Mountain
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
This Week: $24,402,214
Last Week: -
Total: $24,402,214
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Watchmen
Studio: Warner Bros.
This Week: $17,817,301
Last Week: $55,214,334
Total: $85,751,993
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The Last House on the Left
Studio: Rogue Pictures
This Week: $14,118,685
Last Week: -
Total: $14,118,685
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Taken
Studio: 20th Century Fox
This Week: $6,568,651
Last Week: $7,334,814
Total: $126,752,054
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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Studio: Lionsgate
This Week: $5,108,532
Last Week: $8,532,412
Total: $83,187,594
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Slumdog Millionaire
Studio: Fox Searchlight
This Week: $5,002,777
Last Week: $6,808,383
Total: $132,602,820
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Studio: Columbia Pictures
This Week: $3,119,151
Last Week: $4,146,316
Total: $137,785,983
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He's Just Not That Into You
Studio: Warner Bros.
This Week: $2,939,484
Last Week: $4,017,326
Total: $89,038,259
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Coraline
Studio: Focus Features
This Week: $2,718,231
Last Week: $3,255,852
Total: $69,240,852
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Miss March
Studio: 20th Century Fox
This Week: $2,409,156
Last Week: -
Total: $2,409,156

Thoughts:
Disney's Race to Witch Mountain opened in first place this week which many analysts expected. The film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson brought in an estimated $24 million which was slightly higher than the $22 million opening of Johnson's 2007 Disney hit, The Game Plan, and that movie went on to make $90 million. I can see Race to Witch Mountain having some legs, but it will probably face some strong competition from the Dreamworks Animated flick, Monsters vs. Aliens which opens on the 27th.

After having the biggest opening weekend for 2009, Zack Snyder's Watchmen took a deep plunge this week. The film based on the graphic novel of the same name only brought in $17.8 million on its second week. The film fell 67% from last weeks numbers. We all knew Watchmen's numbers were going to fall this week simply because all the die-hard fans saw it last week, but I don't think anyone was expecting it to fall this hard. The film is heading to a $120 million finish which makes me somewhat sad because I was able to catch the film last night and thought it was pretty good. A review for the film is in the works and should go up sometime shortly. The horror remake The Last House on the Left from Rogue Pictures, opened in third place with $14.2 million. The film has been getting somewhat positive feedback or at least better feedback from Disney's Race to Witch Mountain and it should give the movie some legs.

Fox's Taken continues to amaze me with its numbers seeing as how the film has been out for some time now. The film brought in $6.5 million for a total of $126 million making it Fox's biggest sleeper hit of the year. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail also took somewhat of a plunge this week falling from the number two spot last week to number five this week. The comedy flick took in $5 million this week for a total of $83 million making it Perry's biggest film yet. The Oscar hit, Slumdog Millionaire is starting to slow down in sales. The film made $5 million this week for a total of $132 million. The movie has become a box office hit for studio Fox Searchlight and still has a shot at reaching $150 million before its run. Coraline from Focus is starting to die down, but the stop-motion animated film took in $2.7 million this week for a total of $69 million. The film should finish at $70-73 million and prove that stop-motion ain't going nowhere.