‘Christmas Carol’ knocks ‘This Is It’ from top spot
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Jim Carrey’s Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on “A Christmas Carol,” which took in $31 million to open as the weekend’s top movie.
The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic knocked the King of Pop out of the No. 1 spot as “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” slipped to
second place with $14 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“This Is It” has taken in $186.5 million.
“A Christmas Carol” came in on the low end of Disney’s expectations for opening weekend.
On the other end of the spectrum, Lionsgate’s acclaimed drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” had a spectacular start, pulling in $1.8 million in just 18 theaters, averaging $100,000 a cinema. That compares with an $8,418 average for “A Christmas Carol” in 3,683 theaters.
The weekend brought a rush of other new movies, led by George Clooney’s comedy “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” which finished at No. 3 with $13.3 million.
The rest of the weekend’s movie-going shares went to: 4. “The Fourth Kind,” $12.5 million; 5. “Paranormal Activity,” $8.6 million; 6. “The Box,” $7.9 million; 7. “Couples Retreat,” $6.4 million; 8. “Law Abiding Citizen,” $6.2 million; 9. “Where the Wild Things Are,” $4.2 million; and 10. “Astro Boy,” $2.6 million.
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