Knowing gets the numbers to finish #1 at the box office

Leading up to the weekend, the numbers pointed to a first-place showing for Knowing, and that's what happened. The picture didn't need stellar grosses to top the weekend as March business has been lagging behind recent years. Overall weekend ticket sales were off six percent from the same time last year, and attendance at theaters this weekend was the lowest in eight years.

I Love You, Man the latest "Bro-mantic" comedy focusing on male-bonding came in second with an estimated $18 million. Duplicity, Julia Roberts' first proper star vehicle since Mona Lisa Smile, picked up a relatively modest estimated $14.4 million to finish at 3rd place.

Race to Witch Mountain dropped a sizable 47 percent to an estimated $13 million, ranking fourth for the weekend. Rounding out the top 5 this past weekend was Watchmen, which saw its audience evaporate again, failing to level off in its third weekend. The superhero drama generated an estimated $6.7 million, bringing its total to $98.1 million in 17 days. Its 62 percent drop was a new low among major comic book adaptations.

This weekend's top 10 movies at the box office (Sunday estimates):

1.) Knowing
2.) I Love You Man
3.) Duplicity
4.) Race To Witch Mountain
5.) Watchmen
6.) The Last House On The Left
7.) Taken
8.) Slumdog Millionaire
9.) Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail
10.) Coraline

(Mike's score: 80%. Respectable, but I'm a perfectionist...lol!)