The weekend box-office numbers are in, and after three weeks of being ‘out there’, The Blind Side has hit the number one spot, despite a 49% drop in attendence compared to last week. The Twilight Saga: New Moon slipped a spot, down to number two, after taking $15.7 million since Friday.
Pic: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.
The highest new entry on the chart this week was the Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman starrer Brothers, which opened to the tune of $9.7 million. Not great, but not that bad either as the film cost just $26 million to produce.
Here’s the full line up for the weekend of December 4th-6th, 2009.
1. ‘The Blind Side,’ $20.4
2. ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ $15.7
3. ‘Brothers,’ $9.7
4. ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol,’ $7.5
5. ‘Old Dogs,’ $6.9
6 (Tie). ‘2012,’ $6.6
6 (Tie). ‘Armored,’ $6.6
7. ‘Ninja Assassin,’ $5.0
8. ‘Planet 51,’ $4.3
9. ‘Everybody’s Fine,’ $4.0
10. ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ $2.3
Source: Nielsen EDI
