Weekend Box Office – 3/30/09

Rank    Title                                                                   Weekend          Gross
1.   MONSTERS VS ALIENS                               $58,200,000     $58,200,000
2.   HAUNTING OF CONNECTICUT                   $23,010,000     $23,010,000
3.   KNOWING                                                     $14,705,000     $46,220,000
4.   I LOVE YOU, MAN                                        $12,600,000     $37,007,000
5.   DUPLICITY                                                    $7,556,000       $25,639,000
6.   RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN                      $5,637,000       $53,295,000
7.   12 ROUNDS                                                  $5,300,000       $5,300,000
8.   WATCHMEN                                                 $2,755,000        $103,296,000
9.   TAKEN                                                           $2,700,000       $137,074,000
10.  LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT                      $2,611,000      [...]

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