Last updated: Monday, October 26, 2009

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY & SAW VI TAKE CHARGE OF PRE-HALLOWEEN U.S. BOX OFFICE

Horror movies dominated the box office in America this past weekend (23-25Oct09) with PARANORMAL ACTIVITY beating out the sixth SAW movie as the nation's top film.

A scene from Paramount Pictures' Paranormal Activity

The low-budget horror hit scored with a $22 million (£14.6 million) weekend take, while Saw VI opened with $14.8 million (£9.9 million).

Last week's (18Oct09) chart topper, Where the Wild Things Are, drops to three while Law Abiding Citizen and comedy Couples Retreat round out the top five.

Related News:

- AVATAR MAKES IT FOUR WEEKS ATOP U.S. BOX OFFICE CHART
- MEATBALLS MOVIE IS AMERICA'S TOP TREAT
- HANKS TAKES ANGELS & DEMONS TO NUMBER ONE
- MEET THE SPARTANS TOPS RAMBO TO CONQUER U.S. CHART
- NATIONAL TREASURE RULES U.S. BOX OFFICE CHART
- THE GAME PLAN TOPS BOX-OFFICE CHART FOR SECOND WEEK
- SANDLER COMEDY TOPS U.S. BOX-OFFICE CHART
- GAGA SPENDS ALBUM BIRTHDAY AT NUMBER ONE IN EUROPE
- AVATAR MAKES IT FOUR WEEKS ATOP U.S. BOX OFFICE CHART
- PRINCESS AND THE FROG HOPS TO BOX OFFICE TOP SPOT

Source: WENN

0 COMMMENT
POST A COMMENT
 

---

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
THE THINGS THEY SAY: TIM MCGRAW  
'It (facial hair) is tough to maintain, but I'm stuck with it because I started with it earlier in my career. When I'm not working I tend to shave it off because it's just easier.' Country singer TIM McGRAW on grooming his famous goatee.

MORE NEWS:
. BONO DISAPPOINTED BY RECENT RECORD SALES
. FANS STORM JONAS BROTHERS' HOTEL
. METALLICA OFFER REWARD TO FIND MISSING FAN
. BROOKS SELLS OUT 20 COMEBACK SHOWS
. WARHOL'S JACKSON PORTRAIT UP FOR AUCTION
. THE THINGS THEY SAY: BOY GEORGE
. MORRISSEY SCRAPS SHOW AFTER STAGE COLLAPSE
. FASCINATING FACT:
. CARREY DISCOVERS HOLLYWOOD LINK TO SCROOGE
. LEWIS BLASTS 'OFFENSIVE' SLURS AGAINST BOYFRIEND