"MEGAMIND" TO MAKE IT TWO-FOR-TWO AT BOX OFFICE

Still from Megamind

It's a Monster!  Megamind is likely to make it two weeks on top of the Box Office, with an estimated $26 million this weekend.  The Paramount film should surpass the $100 million mark by mid-week.  

Unstoppable from Fox starring Chris Pine and Denzel Washington opens strong with approximately $23.5 million from 3,365 theatres (about 700 less than Megamind) this weekend.   Despite landing on-top based on Friday night's numbers, with the weekend rush of families seeing Megamind, it will in all likelihood slip to second by the final tally. Reviews are strong with Rotten Tomatoes pegging it at 87% - one of the year's highest ratings.

Despite not faring well critically, Warner Bros.' Due Date slips to third spot this weekend with $16 million, still performing well after a debut in second last week.

Skyline, a Sci-Fi/Action from Alliance Atlantis/Universal/Relativity Media debuts with $12 million this weekend (it was made for only $10 million) despite much positive buzz surrounding it, putting it ahead of Paramount's Morning Glory starring Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams which debuts in fifth with $9.4 million.

Red surprisingly still is doing quite well in seventh spot, five weeks after its release with $5 million, putting it just shy of the $80 million mark.

"SAW VII 3-D" THRILLS THE BOX OFFICE

Still from Saw VII 3-D

It's almost becoming too easy with its annual Halloween release, but Lionsgate's Saw VII 3-D, yes part VII, not only contains a lot of killing, but made a killing also.  The Horror flick took in an estimated $24.5 million from 2,808 screens this weekend. It is said that this will be the final installment in the series. We'll see about that.

Slipping to second is last weekend's Champion Paranormal Activity 2, which took in approximately $17 million. In two weeks, the sequel has made $66.5 million for one of the most profitable franchises in history for Paramount.

Surprisingly, Red is hanging tough still in third with $10.7 million. The film is still showing at 3,349 theatres, impressive considering it has actually been on illegal downloading sites for a couple weeks already.  Now who said studios were suffering from downloading?

Jackass 3-D although losing a bit of its edge with moviegoers, is still doing well in fourth spot with $8.5 million in its third week, putting it just past the $100 million mark domestically.

The Town in its seventh week is still in the Top Ten amazingly with $2 million earned this weekend and a total $87.6 million in its run so far. Congratulations, Ben Affleck!

Mr. Will-W.:Pop Maven favourite Conviction got its wide release finally this weekend in a paltry 565 theatres, earning $1.9 million in tenth spot. Despite some great reviews and tons of promotion, this one inexplicably still isn't connecting with moviegoers. Why?

"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2" SCARES AWAY ITS RIVALS

Still from Paranormal Activity 2

Outdoing its predecessor which only was released a year ago, Paramount's Paranormal Activity 2 opened huge this weekend with an estimated total of $43.5 million from 3,216 theatres.  The film now holds the record as the highest grossing R-Rated Midnight Opening of all-time, raking in $6.3 million Thursday night, according to Nikki Finke at Deadline.  Paranormal Activity, made for only a budget of $15k, opened with $19.6 million last Fall and went on to earn $193.3 million worldwide.  Impressively, the film's sequel received fairly strong reviews also, with a 67% consensus at Rotten Tomatoes.

Last week's champion Jackass 3-D also from Paramount, slips to second with an estimated $21.5 million at the Box Office.  It opened last week with a spectacular $50 million and continues to perform strongly, as does Summit Entertainment's Action Flick Red filmed partly here in Toronto.  Red earned $15.2 million this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $43.6 million.

Clint Eastwood's Hereafter had an uncharacteristically weak opening in fourth spot for the iconic filmmaker, earning $12 million from 2,181 theatres.  The Warner Bros. film also is garnering mixed reviews from Critics, with a 51% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.

Audiences are still in-love with David Fincher's The Social Network which in its fourth week slips to fifth spot with $7.2 million based on early weekend numbers, putting it just ahead of Disney's Secretariat which is performing steadily, just now recouping its $35 million production budget.

"JACKASS 3-D" MAKES AN ASS OUT OF ITS COMPETITION AT BOX OFFICE

Still from Jackass 3-D

It's official. North Americans have no taste. Paramount's Jackass 3-D debuted Friday night with an astonishing $21.8 million in earnings from one night only, placing it heads and shoulders above its competition. The shocking Reality Television program-turned-Movie is expected to pull in $49.5 million this weekend at the Box Office, proving that it is not enough to be grossed-out in 2-D, but now we expect it to be done with an added dimension. The film was made for $20 million alone.

Action-Comedy Red (filmed partly in Toronto) with an all-star cast of Bruce Willis, Morgan Freenan, Mary Louise Parker, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich is expected to debut in second spot with $22 million. Perhaps if it was released a week earlier when Ticket Sales were tepid, it would have claimed the throne at the Box Office.

Two-week champion The Social Network is projected to take in $11 million in its third week, still going strong. The face for fourth spot will be tight with Disney's Secretariat expected to garner just-shy of $10 million, as is Romantic Comedy Life as We Know It from Warner Bros.  We'll soon see....