Paul Blart "Malls" The Competition
Sun, January 18, 2009 
Studio estimates are in and Kevin James has rode his "Segway" to the top of the weekend box office charts. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" has pulled in an estimated $33,800,000 leaving it's competition in the dust. The antics of Kevin James scored a per theater average of $10,751 on 3,144 screens. With a budget of only 26 Million this is a big win for Sony and Kevin James. Coming in a distant second but still holding strong, is Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino". Eastwood shot his way to a solid $22,235,000 weekend for a total of $73,232,000.
Weekend Estimates (Jan. 16-18)
1 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $33,800,000
2 Gran Torino $22,235,000
3 My Bloody Valentine $21,900,000
4 Notorious (2009) $21,500,000
5 Hotel for Dogs $17,707,000
6 Bride Wars Fox $11,750,000
7 The Unborn (2009) $9,849,000
8 Defiance ParV $9,206,000
9 Marley and Me $6,325,000
10 Slumdog Millionaire $5,900,000
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