Jan 19 2009
Box Office Results
There’s a new number one movie at the box office. Paul Blart: Mall Cop starring Kevin James. It made over $30 million. This is Kevin’s third number one movie. The other two were Hitch with Will Smith and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry with Adam Sandler. Last week’s number one movie Gran Torino fell to number 2 by only 25 percent with over $20 million. Three other new releases debuted in the top 5. My Bloody Valentine 3-D opened at number 3 with over $20 million and Notorious opened at number 4 with over $20 million. For more on Notorious, check out my article Violence Surrounding Notorious Movie. Hotel For Dogs came in at number 5 with over $17 million. Golden Globe winner Slumdog Millionaire is back in the top 10 coming in at number 10 with over $5 million. The movie will expand to more than 1200 theaters next weekend. It has made $42.7 million in 10 weeks. t was a good weekend at the box office since the top 5 movies made no less than $17 million.
Here’s the list of the top 10 movies:
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $33.8 million
- Gran Torino - $22.2 million
- My Bloody Valentine 3-D $21.9 million
- Notorious $21.5 million
- Hotel for Dogs $17.7 million
- Bride Wars $11.75 million
- The Unborn - $9.8 million
- Defiance - $9.2 million
- Marley & Me - $6.3 million
- Slumdog Millionaire - $5.9 million













Slumdog Millionaire releases over here in India this weekend. I’m sure it’s going to have a great opening.
It probably will since it’s getting a lot of publicity.