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Sixth spot goes to She's Out of My League, the small hit from Paramount. The live action Jay Baruchel film (he's also the lead voice in Dragon) earned $3.5 million in its third weekend. It was off 39% compared to last weekend. The small $20 million comedy has now taken in $25.6 million, and should finish with about $30 million.

Seventh goes to Green Zone, another big failure from Universal. The $100 million Matt Damon flick took in $3.5 million in its third frame, and was off 45% from last weekend. Green Zone has turned into an out and out disaster for its studio, as it has a cume so far of only $30.4 million. It will out-earn She's Out of My League, but not by much, and cost five times the amount to make.

Eighth is Shutter Island, as Marty Scorsese and friends hold onto a top ten spot six weekends into the spooker's run. This weekend, Shutter Island earned $3.2 million and was off 33%. The $80 million Paramount release has now earned $120.6 million.

Repo Men falls to ninth after finishing fourth last weekend. This Universal bomb earned $3 million in its second weekend, and was off 50%. Repo Men cost its studio $32 million to make, and has now earned $11.3 million. It took Repo Men eight days to earn $10 million, and stars Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.

Finally in tenth is Our Family Wedding, the smallish comedy from Fox Searchlight. The other Forest Whitaker film earned $2.2 million and has a cumulative total of $16.8 million.

Overall, the box office is quite soft against last year, when Monster vs. Aliens opened in 3D. A year ago, the top 12 films earned $139 million on the strength of MvA's $59.3 million, and Haunting in Connecticut's $23 million bow. This year, with the openers much softer, the top 12 found only $115.8 million. Next weekend brings another 3D entry, Clash of the Titans, along with Miley Cyrus in The Last Song, another weeper from Nicolas Sparks, and another Tyler Perry flick, this one a sequel called Why Did I Get Married Too. Now, that's original. My early bet is that none of these films gets past 20% fresh at RottenTomatoes.

Top Weekend Box Office for 3/26/10-3/28/10 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	How to Train Your Dragon	DreamWorks Pictures	$43,300,000	$43,732,319	New	$43,732,319
2	Alice in Wonderland	Walt Disney Pictures	$17,284,000	$17,707,858	- 48.2%	$293,534,935
3	Hot Tub Time Machine	MGM	$13,650,000	$14,020,502	New	$14,020,502
4	The Bounty Hunter	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$12,400,000	$12,006,731	- 42.0%	$38,418,433
5	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	20th Century Fox	$10,000,000	$10,121,961	- 54.3%	$35,898,390
6	She's Out of My League	Paramount	$3,526,000	$3,512,218	- 39.5%	$25,586,560
7	Green Zone	Universal Pictures	$3,349,670	$3,384,480	- 44.6%	$30,475,005
8	Shutter Island	Paramount	$3,175,000	$3,187,487	- 32.7%	$120,612,552
9	Repo Men	Universal Pictures	$3,047,990	$3,010,515	- 50.9%	$11,304,730
10	Our Family Wedding		$2,200,000	$2,352,539	- 37.1%	$16,938,462
11	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$2,015,000	$2,047,475	- 49.2%	$740,440,529
12	Remember Me	Summit Entertainment	$1,900,000	$1,935,640	- 40.5%	$17,076,782
	Also Opening/Notables
			$1,001,992	$1,001,992	New	$1,001,992
	Waking Sleeping Beauty	WALT DISNEY	$33,100	$33,115	New	$33,115
	Ca$h	Roadside Attractions	N/A	$16,469	New	$16,469
	The Eclipse	Magnolia	N/A	$13,207	New	$13,207
	Lbs	Truly Indie	N/A	$11,690	New	$11,690
	Bluebeard	Strand	N/A	$8,370	New	$8,370
	Dancing Across Borders	First Run	N/A	$5,204	New	$5,204
	Dream Boy	Regent Releasing	N/A	$2,243	New	$2,243
	Just Say Love	Regent Releasing	N/A	$1,257	New	$1,257
	Manuela And Manuel	Regent Releasing	N/A	$629	New	$629
	Greenberg	Focus Features	$1,058,876	$1,021,151	+764.3%	$1,200,139
	The Runaways	Apparition	$445,810	$455,107	- 43.4%	$1,580,559
	Hubble 3d	WARNER BROS.	$375,000	$382,162	-7%	$1,070,443
	The Ghost Writer	SUMMIT	$1,650,000	$1,696,784	-18%	$9,239,079
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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