Jackson a Monster Hit at Box Office

To no one’s surprise, the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It dominated the weekend box office, taking in $21.3 million from Friday to Sunday and bringing its five-day total to $32.5 million.

In second place is Paranormal Activity, which is being called the most profitable movie ever made. Filmed on a budget of a few thousand dollars, the horror film took in $16 million this weekend to bring its domestic total to $51.4 million. It was followed at the box office by Couples Retreat and Saw VI.

Where the Wild Things Are is seeing a standard drop off at the box office, taking in $5 million this weekend to finish in sixth place. Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the beloved children’s book has grossed $61.8 million to date.

The animated feature film Astro Boy hung on to eighth place, earning $3 million and bringing its total after two weekends to $10.9 million.

Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs finished just outside the top ten, taking in $2.7 million in its seventh weekend for a total of $118 million.