The movie adaptation from the one of the most celebrated graphic novel ‘Watchmen’ debuts in the number 1 spot of the weekend box office with $55.2 million. The following movies opened with their respective gross:

1. “Watchmen,” Warner Bros, $55,214,334

2. “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail,” Lionsgate, $8,532,412

3. “Taken,” Fox, $7,334,814

4. “Slumdog Millionaire,” Fox Searchlight, $6,808,383

5. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” Sony/Columbia, $4,146,316

6. “He’s Just Not That Into You,” Warner Bros., $4,017,326

7. “Coraline,” Focus Features, $3,255,852

8. “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” Disney, $3,100,298

9. “Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience,” Disney, $2,832,454

10. “Fired Up,” Sony/Screen Gems, $2,478,381

11. “Gran Torino,” Warner Bros., $2,036,359

12. “The Reader,” Weinstein Co., $1,925,918

13. “Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li,” Fox, $1,485,028

14. “Friday the 13th,” Warner Bros., $1,444,126

15. “The International,” Sony/Columbia, $1,330,046

16. “Pink Panther 2,” Sony/MGM, $1,291,517

17. “Push,” Summit Entertainmnet, $1,139,887

18. “Hotel For Dogs,” Paramount, $1,076,641

19. “The Wrestler,” Fox Searchlight, $744,172

20. “Milk,” Focus Features, $582,593

REFERENCE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_en_ot/box_office

 

March 10th, 2009 by aldrinv graduate of BS Nursing from the Institute of Nursing of Far Eastern University, Manila in 2007, former artist and associate web editor of The Advocate, currently a registered nurse & one of the founders of The FEU TAMBayan.