Clint Guns Down Competition

Showing the kind of box office muscle he did in his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino dominated the box office this weekend, earning an impressive $29 million. It was the star's biggest nationwide opening ever.

The Anne Hathaway-Kate Hudson film Bride Wars proved surprisingly potent, pulling a different audience for $21.5 million total. Nearly edging it out for second place was the chiller The Unborn which earned a better-than-expected $21.1 million.

Marley & Me came in fourth with $11.4 million for a total of $123.7 million. In fifth place was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with $9.5 million for a total of $94.3 million.