"March 27-29, 2009 Movie Box Office"
"Monsters vs Aliens" #1
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Its first weekend in movie theaters "Monsters vs Aliens" grabbed $58 million - for the #1 spot at the movie box office.
It is 2009. Yet, there are still less than 2000 theater auditoriums in North America equipped to feature movies in 3D.
Paramount Pictures released "Monsters vs Aliens 3D" this weekend, and only half the theaters showing the movie are screening it in all of its 3D glory - because half of the theaters haven't upgraded - at a cost of $25,000 per auditorium - to 3D projectors.
Nontheless, at least half of you - and your kids - will be able to catch "Monsters vs Aliens" the way it was intended; in 3D.
Less than 5% of you will be able to secure a showing of "Monsters vs Aliens" in both 3D and on an IMAX screen. If you ask us, we say 'go for it.' Spend the extra few bucks, and grab the 3D IMAX experience. Your kids, at the very least, will easily proclaim that it is the best moviegoing experience they've ever had.
New in limited release, nearly two handfuls of movies, including; "C Me Dance," "Shall We Kiss," "American Swing," "The Education of Charlie Banks," and Sarah Jessica Parker "Spinning Into Butter."
Also, "The Cross," and "Guest of Cindy Sherman."
The John Cena thriller "12 Rounds," and the horror film based on a true story, "The Haunting In Connecticut." were the only other new movies in wide release.
"The Haunting In Connecticut" stole the #2 spot at the movie box office, with $23 million.
And "12 Rounds" bombed, as expected, with $5 million.
Below, the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office March 27-29, 2009
1 Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D - 4,104 Theaters - $14,181 Per Screen - NEW $58,200,000
2 The Haunting in Connecticut - 2,732 Theaters - $8,422 Per Screen - NEW $23,010,000
3 Knowing - $14,705,000 - 3,337 Theaters - $4,407 Per Screen - Gross $46,220,000
4 I Love You, Man - $12,600,000 - 2,717 Theaters - $4,637 Per Screen - Gross $37,007,000
5 Duplicity - $7,556,000 - 2,579 Theaters - $2,930 Per Screen - Gross $25,639,000
6 Race to Witch Mountain - $5,637,000 - 3,268 Theaters - $1,725 Per Screen - Gross $53,295,000
7 12 Rounds - $5,300,000 - 2,331 Theaters - $2,274 Per Screen - NEW $5,300,000
8 Watchmen - $2,755,000 - 2,010 Theaters - $1,371 Per Screen - Gross $103,296,000
9 Taken - $2,700,000 - 1,961 Theaters - $1,377 Per Screen - Gross $137,074,000
10 The Last House on the Left - $2,611,000 - 2,251 Theaters - $1,160 Per Screen - Gross $28,459,000
11 Sunshine Cleaning - $1,344,000 - 167 Theaters - $8,048 Per Screen - Gross $2,548,000
12 Slumdog Millionaire - $1,135,000 - 840 Theaters - $1,351 Per Screen - Gross $139,312,000
13 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - $1,090,000 - 1,128 Theaters - $966 Per Screen - Gross $89,024,000
14 Mall Cop - $825,000 - 1,082 Theaters - $762 Per Screen - Gross $142,488,000
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