A Christmas Carol tops the US box office

But few open The Box…

BY Total Film Nov 9th 2009 8:08AMFILED UNDER: Movie news

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Robert Zemeckis pumped the Christmas spirit into US moviegoers a few weeks early, as A Christmas Carol led the box office with $31 million.

The new arrival moved Michael Jackson concert film This Is It down to second place with $14 million, but it's sill on track to become the top-earning music gig-based movie of all time.

The Men Who Stare At Goats launched to a decent but unspectacular $13.3 million, while The Fourth Kind abducted $12.5 million in, er, fourth.

Fifth place went to Paranormal Activity, which added $8.6 million to its total and will likely pass $100 million by the end of next weekend. There wasn't much good news for Richard Kelly's The Box -it could only manage a sixth place arrival and $7.8 million.

Here, then, the top 10 for the weekend…

1. A Christmas Carol ($31 million)
2. This Is It ($14 million)
3. The Men Who Stare At Goats ($13.3 million)
4. The Fourth Kind ($12.5 million)
5. Paranormal Activity ($8.6 million)
6. The Box ($7.9 million)
7. Couples Retreat ($6.4 million)
8. Law Abiding Citizen ($6.1 million)
9. Where The Wild Things Are ($4.2 million)
10. Astro Boy ($2.6 million)

[Data Source: Box Office Mojo]

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