The futuristic thriller “Knowing” leads the pack of three new movies released on Friday, the buddy bromance “I Love You, Man” was second and the Julia Roberts-Clive Owen espionage romance “Duplicity” was third.

“Taken” continues to hold on, now in its 8th week of release, it is losing less than the movies that have been in theaters for fewer weeks, losing 38% of its audience from last week while “Watchmen” lost 62%, “Last House on the Left” lost 58%, and “Race to Witch Mountain” lost 47% of the audience from last week.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Knowing” – $24.81 million (1st week)

2. “I Love You, Man” – $18.00 (1st week)

3. “Duplicity” – $14.40 million (1st week)

4. ”Race to Witch Mountain” – $13.00 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 47% from last week)

5. “Watchmen” - $6.73 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 62% from last week)

6. “The Last House on the Left” (2009) – $5.92 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 58% from last week)

7. “Taken” – $4.10 million
(8th week, was #4 last week, lost 38% from last week)

8. “Slumdog Millionaire” - $2.70 million
(19th week, was #6 last week, lost 46% from last week)

9. “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” – $2.50 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 51% from last week)

10. “Coraline” – $2.14 million
(7th week, was #9 last week, lost 21% from last week)

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11. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” - $1.88 million
(10th week, was #7 last week, lost 40% from last week)

12. “He’s Just Not That Into You” – $1.27 million
(7th week, was #8 last week, lost 57% from last week)

 13. “Confessions of A Shopaholic” – $0.76 million
(6th week, was #11 last week, lost 61% from last week)

56. “Fanboys” - $0.01 million (opened 3/6 in West Michigan)
(7th week, playing in just 26 theaters nationally, 1 fewer than last week)

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“Knowing” poster courtesy Summit Entertainment

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo