Its the biggest opening weekend so far this year…. the animated sci-fi/action movie “Monsters vs. Aliens” hauls in $58 million in a weekend with very little family film competition.   The horror movie “The Haunting in Connecticut” was a distant 2nd and the action thriller “12 Rounds” was an even more distant 7th.

Last week’s number one “Knowing”, number two “I Love You, Man”, and number three “Duplicity” dropped two spots, holding their order from last week, but “I Love You, Man” lost the least from last week, just 29% of its audience while “Knowing” lost 40% of its audience and “Duplicity” lost 46% from last week.

“Sunshine Cleaning”, which opens in Grand Rapids market this Friday, nearly cracked the Top 10 in its 3rd week of limited release, despite playing in just 167 theaters nationwide. 

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Monsters vs. Aliens” – $58.20 million (1st week)

2. “The Haunting in Connecticut” – $23.01 million (1st week)

3. “Knowing” – $14.71 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 40% of audience from last week)

4. “I Love You, Man” – $12.60 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 29% from last week)

5. “Duplicity” – $7.56 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 46% from last week)

6. ”Race to Witch Mountain” – $5.64 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 56% from last week)

7. “12 Rounds” – $5.30 million (1st week)

8. “Watchmen” - $2.76 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 60% from last week)

9. “Taken” – $2.70 million
(9th week, was #7 last week, lost 34% from last week)

10. “The Last House on the Left” (2009) – $2.61 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 55% from last week)

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11. “Sunshine Cleaning” – $1.34 million
(3rd week of limited release)

12. “Slumdog Millionaire” - $1.14 million
(20th week, was #8 last week, lost 58% from last week)

14. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” - $0.83 million
(11th week, was #11 last week, lost 55% from last week)

15. “He’s Just Not That Into You” – $0.47 million
(8th week, was #12 last week, lost 62% from last week)

69. “Fanboys” - $0.01 million (opened 3/6 in West Michigan)
(8th week, playing in just 28 theaters nationally, 2 more than last week)

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“Monsters vs. Aliens” poster courtesy Summit Entertainment

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo