Moviegoers weren’t quite as interested in being creeped out on Sunday as Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 2 slipped in its final results from an estimated $41.5 million to $40.67 million. That’s still an incredible opening for an R-rated horror film, the best ever depending on how you classify Shutter Island (which opened to $41 million even).
Elsewhere in the weekend box office actual results, Hereafter picked up steam through the weekend and nailed its estimate of $12 million through Sunday. Clint Eastwood’s look at the afterlife may find an extended life like other 25+ targeted releases such as Red, down only 31% this weekend, and Secretariat, down a mere 25%.
In our Box Office Prophet Game, the Prophet finally fell 2-3 after weeks upon weeks of triumphs over the players. Arctic00 played an impressive round by missing all five eligible films by a combined $5.8 million and will take home the huge jackpot prize.
The complete top 10 weekend box office results for October 22 – 24, 2010 are as follows:
- 1. Paranormal Activity 2: $40.7m
- 2. Jackass 3D: $21.3m
- 3. Red: $15m
- 4. Hereafter: $12m
- 5. The Social Network: $7.3m
- 6. Secretariat: $7m
- 7. Life As We Know It: $6.1m
- 8. Legend of the Guardians: $3.2m
- 9. The Town: $2.7m
- 10. Easy A: $1.7m
Check back tomorrow for our latest round of the Box Office Prophet Game as Saw 3D attempts to topple Paranormal Activity 2 from its throne.
