Weekend Box Office

Now with update.

As the release date for "MegaMind" approaches, the animated owls continue in the Top Ten.

1. Paranormal Activity 2 (Paramount) NEW [3,216 Theaters] -- Friday $20M, Estimated Weekend $40M

2. Jackass 3D (Paramount) Week 2 [3,111 Theaters] -- Friday $7.6M (-65%), Estimated Weekend $23.7M, Estimated Cume $90M

3. Red (Summit) Week 2 [3,273 Theaters] -- Friday $4.5M (-37%), Estimated Weekend $14.5M, Estimated Cume $43M

4. Hereafter (Warner Bros) Week 2 [2,181 Theaters] -- Friday $4.1M, Estimated Weekend $11.5M

5. The Social Network (Sony) Week 4 [2,921 Theaters -- Friday $2.2M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $72.6M

6. Life As We Know It (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,019 Theaters] -- Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $37.5M

7. Secretariat (Disney) Week 3 [3,108 Theaters] -- Friday $1.9M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $37M

8. The Town (Warner Bros) Week 6 [1,918 Theaters] -- Friday $820K, Estimated Weekend $2.5M, Estimated Cume $84.4M

9. Legends Of The Guardians (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,236 Theaters] -- Friday $775K, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $50M

10. Easy A #(Sony) Week 6 [1,632 Theaters] -- Friday $565K, Estimated Weekend $1.8M, Estimated Cume $54.8M

On the 30th and 31st days of release, "Guardians" will crack $50 million. No doubt Warners was hoping for more ...

Sunday Update: The weekend's final tally:

The owls end up at $50,172,000, dropping less (24.9%) than any other feature in the Top Ten.

"Alpha and Omega" is at #14 with a $23,486,000 total.

"Toy Story 3" is at #20 with $413,450,000.

And "Despicable Me is at #22 with $247,512,000.