WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Blind Side Scores!
Dec. 5 2009, Published 7:05 a.m. ET
Sandra Bullock's feel good football film, The Blind Side, was number one at the box office this weekend. It did the impossible, taking over the top spot in its third week of release. The Blind Side took in another $20.4 million for a total of nearly $130 million to date.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon came in second, with $15.7 million. Its total is now over a quater-billion dollars in North America alone. Brothers took third place, opening with a weak $9.7 million. A Christmas Carol is fading fast. In fourth place, it brought in another $7.5 million. Fifth place went to Old Dogs, with $6.9 million.
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- Ex-NFL Star Michael Oher's Conservatorship With Tuohy Family Terminated, Rules Tennessee Judge
The rest of the top 10: 2012 - $6.6 million; Armored - $4.6 million; Ninja Assassin - $5 million; Planet 51 - $4.3 million; Everybody's Fine - $4 million.