It was definitely a chick weekend. The New Line Cinema film, ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’, starring Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston was the top earner raking in $27.5 Million.
Twentieth Century Fox’s action picture, ‘Taken’ did well by coming in second with an estimated $20.3 million. That should push the total gross for the film, starring Liam Neeson as a father trying to rescue his kidnapped child, to $53.4 million.
‘Coraline,’ the animated 3-D film about an 11 year-old girl who enters into an alternate universe by Focus Features, rounded out the top three money makers at $16.3 Million. It is now the third highest-grossing weekend for a “stop motion” animated film, behind the 2005 release ‘Corpse Bride,’ which turned in $19.1 million.
Steve Martin’s ‘Pink Panther 2,’ from MGM and Columbia Pictures, landed in a disappointing fourth place with $12 Million in its opening weekend. That compares with a $20-million opening weekend for Steve Martin’s first ‘Pink Panther’ film.
‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ with Kevin James came in fifth with $11 million as audiences continued to find it humorous, with a domestic gross so far at $97 Million.