“Zombieland” tops weekend box office

The horror/comedy “Zombieland” feasted on the weekend box office, bumping “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” out of the number one spot it held for 2 weeks.   The “Toy Story”/”Toy Story 2″ 3D double feature was 3rd, while other new movies “The Invention of Lying”, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, and “Whip It” were #4, #6, and #7.

Overall, the weekend offerings helped the box office rebound – up nearly 14% from last weekend and with $94.52  million, the highest grossing weekend of the fall.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Zombieland” – $25.00 million (1st week)

2. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” – $16.70 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 33% of audience from last week)

3. “Toy Story”/”Toy Story 2″ – $12.50 million (1st week)

4. “The Invention of Lying” – $7.35 million (1st week)

5. “Surrogates” – $7.34 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 51% from last week)

6(tie). “Capitalism: A Love Story” – $4.85 million (1st week of wide release)

6(tie). “Whip It” - $4.85 million (1st week)

8. “Fame” (2009) – $4.75 million
(2nd week), was #3 last week, lost 53% from last week)

9. “The Informant!” – $3.80 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 43% from last week)

10. “Love Happens” – $2.78 million
(3rd week, was #7 last week, lost 36% from last week)

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11. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” – $2.67 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 44% of audience from last week)

12. “Pandorum” – $1.92 million
(2nd week, was #6 last week, lost 57% of audience from last week)

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“Zombieland” poster courtesy Columbia Pictures

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo