Sony Pictures' Michael Jackson documentary This Is It made a killing - pardon the pun - at the Box Office this weekend. The film which follows Jackson's final 02 Arena rehearsals leading up to his planned comeback tour in London, earned $21 million this weekend and a total of $32.5 million since its mid-week release. Mighty impressive. The studio has yet to announce plans to extend its two-week cinematic run but thus far, reviews have been very positive. Hopefully I'll be able to make it out to the theatre to see it soon.Studios were wise to stay away from releasing new films this weekend with Halloween festivities foreseeably cutting into ticket sales, but Paranormal Activity continues to astonish, pulling in $16.5 million this weekend. With just a $15,000 budget, this little engine who could has made a whopping $85 million in total. Oddly, there are "illegal" copies of the film floating around the internet, but this doesn't seem to have impacted ticket sales. Can the MPAA explain this paranormal activity?
Previous week releases Law Abiding Citizen ($7.3 million), Couples Retreat ($6.1 million), Where The Wild Things Are ($5.1 million) and Amelia ($3.0 million) all continue to perform respectably in this weekend's Top Ten.
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