Weekend Box Office: Blart Has Been Defeated by Taken

Surprise, surprise. Taken has taken the box office. It took Liam Neeson being a bad-ass hitman who beats people up to apparently knock Paul Blart: Mall Cop off his pedestal. I won’t say that Taken is the greatest film, but at the moment I’m just happy to see something new at the top.

Check out this weeks box office numbers below…

1. Taken (New) | Weekend Gross $24,625,000 | Average per Theater $7,736 | Total Gross $24,625,000 | Week 1
2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Last Week 2 | Weekend Gross $14,000,000 | Average per Theater $4,367 | Total Gross $83,375,000 | Budget $26 | Week 3
3. The Uninvited (New) | Weekend Gross $10,512,000 | Average per Theater $4,485 | Total Gross $10,512,000 | Week 1
4. Hotel for Dogs | LW 4 | Weekend Gross $8,706,000 | Average per Theater $2,755 | Total Gross $48,229,000 | Week 3
5. Gran Torino | LW 3 | Weekend Gross $8,600,000 | Average per Theater $2,852 | Total Gross $110,547,000| Budget $33 | Week 8
6. Slumdog Millionaire | LW 5 | Weekend Gross $7,680,000 | Average per Theater $4,703 | Total Gross $67,244,000| Budget $15 | Week 12
7. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | LW 2 | Weekend Gross $7,200,000 | Average per Theater $2,44 | Total Gross $32,784,000| Budget $35 |Week 2
8. New in Town (New) | Weekend Gross $6,750,000 | Average per Theater $3,478 | Total Gross $6,750,000 | Week 1
9. My Bloody Valentine 3-D | LW 6 | Weekend Gross $4,260,000 | Average per Theater $3,030 | Total Gross $44,608,000 | Week 3
10. Inkheart | LW 7 | Weekend Gross $3,700,000 | Average per Theater $1,394 | Total Gross $12,792,000| Budget $60 | Week 2