Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” is It at the boxoffice
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 2, 2009 under Box Office | 
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Michael Jackson’s documentary “This Is It” was king of the box office, opening to $68.5 million at the international box office and to a more modest domestic haul of $32.5 million in its first five days. The big opening convinced the distributor Sony to announce it is extending the film’s two-week run by three weeks in North America. Overseas, the decision to extend will be made on a territory-by-territory basis.
The indie phenomenom “Paranormal Activity” continued to pull big numbers, with the movie grossing an estimated $16.5 million for the second spot on the box office list.
Another arthouse indie film, Fox Searchlight’s “Amelia” finally moved into the top 10 with an estimated $3 million. Sony Pictures Classics “An Education,” had the highest location average of any film grossing an estimated $504,831 from 48 runs for an average of $10,517 and receipts of $1.6 million in its fourth week. Searchlight’s “Gentlemen Broncos,” from the filmmakers behind “Napoleon Dynamite”, opened to a not-so-impressive estimated $10,006 from two screens.
1. “This Is It” (Sony): $21.3 million over the weekend, bringing its total since debuting late Tuesday to $32.5 million.
2. “Paranormal Activity” (Paramount): $16.5 million.
3. “Law Abiding Citizen” (Overture/Film Department): $7.3 million.
4. “Couples Retreat” (Universal/Relativity): $6.1 million.
5. “Saw VI” (Lionsgate): $5.6 million.
6. “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/Legendary): $5.1 million.
7. “The Stepfather” (Sony Screen Gems): $3.4 million.
8. “Astro Boy” (Summit/Imagi): $3 million.
9. “Amelia” (Fox Searchlight): $3 million.
10. “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” (Universal/Relativity): $2.8 million.
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