Just Nothing to beat “He’s Just Not That Into You” at box office

February 9th, 2009 at 7:38 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment

In a wise marketing release, the ensemble romantic comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You” grabs the number one spot one week before Valentine’s Day. 
The four new movies and holdovers “Taken” and “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” helped make it a strong $131.54 million weekend at the box office… the 3rd biggest of the year so far and it was up nearly 28% from last weekend.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “He’s Just Not That Into You” – $27.47 million (1st week)

2. “Taken” – $24.63 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 18% from last week)

3. “Coraline” – $16.34 million (1st week)

4. “The Pink Panther 2″ - $12.00 million (1st week)

5. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” - $11.00 million
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 21% from last week)

6. “Push” – $10.20 million (1st week)

7. “Gran Torino” – $7.42 million
(9th week, was #5 last week, lost 10% from last week)

8. “Slumdog Millionaire” - $7.40 million
(13th week, was #6 last week, lost 3% from last week)

9. “The Uninvited” - $6.40 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 38% from last week)

10. “Hotel for Dogs” – $5.82 million
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 33% from last week)

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11. “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” – $3.90 million
(3rd week, was #7 last week, lost 49% from last week)

12. “New in Town” - $3.30 million
(2nd week, was #8 last week, lost 51% from last week)

13. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – $2.40 million
(7th week, was #11 last week, lost 32% from last week)

15. ”The Wrestler” – $2.23 million
(3rd week of wide release, was #16 last week, lost 4% from last week)

17. “Revolutionary Road” – $1.67 million
(7th week, was #13 last week, lost 38% from last week)

18. “Bride Wars” - $1.50 million
(5th week, was #12 last week, lost 57% from last week)

19. “Defiance” - $1.42 million
(4th week of wide release, was #14 last week, lost 43% from last week)

 

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

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