Tweens, teens, and even older groups of moviegoers made Zac Efron and “17 Again” the number one movie by nearly $10 million.     The Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachael McAdams, Jeff Daniels, Jason Bateman, and Robin Wright Penn political thriller “State of Play” was 2nd with $14 million.   “Hannah Montana: The Movie”’s audience went to “17 Again”, pushing last week’s number one movie down to 4th place.  “Crank: High Voltage” debuted in 6th place with just $6 million.

But the bigger story here is that the box office was down 20% from last weekend, the 4th lowest weekend of the year’s 17 weekends so far.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “17 Again” – $24.06 million (1st week)

2. “State of Play” - $14.10 million (1st week)

3. “Monsters vs. Aliens” – $12.90  million
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 41% from last week)

4. “Hannah Montana The Movie” – $12.67 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 61% from last week)

5. “Fast and Furious” – $12.29 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 55% of audience from last week)

6. “Crank: High Voltage” – $6.51 million (1st week) 

7. “Observe and Report” – $4.06 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 63% from last week)

8. “Knowing” – $3.48 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 46% from last week)

9. “I Love You, Man” – $3.37 million
(5th week, was #6 last week, lost 46% from last week)

10. “The Haunting in Connecticut” – $3.15 million
(4th week, was #7 last week, lost 47% from last week)

CLICK HERE FOR LAST WEEK’S BOX OFFICE REPORT 

“17 Again” poster courtesy New Line Cinema

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo