"A Christmas Carol" leads the weekend box office; long way to go to surpass $200 million movie budget

November 6-8, 2009

1. A Christmas Carol (2009) - $31,000,000
*$31,000,000 ($200 million movie budget)
2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It - $14,000,000
*$57,855,000
3. The Men Who Stare at Goats - $13,309,000
*$13,309,000
4. The Fourth Kind - $12,521,000
*$12,521,000
5. Paranormal Activity - $8,600,000
*$97,430,000

* indicates total box office take since opening.
Full list of Box Office Totals after the jump.

Full list of Box Office Totals