The past holiday weekend was a big one for Paul Blart: Mall Cop, the Adam Sandler-produced flick which features Kevin James as, well, a cop in a mall.  It ended the weekend with the top spot in movie sales, and with a record to boot: it scored the second-best opening for a film in January, earning $39 million, behind Cloverfield’s $46.1 million haul exactly a year ago.

Settling for second place is Gran Torino; the Clint Eastwood film took in $26.2 million, a small drop from its $29.5 million opening last week.  My Bloody Valentine 3-D was in third, powered in part by sales of more expensive tickets for theaters with 3D-viewing capability: it earned $24.2 million in its opening week.  Right behind it is the biopic Notorious, which took in around $24 million.  The top ten is after the jump.

1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: $39 million
2. Gran Torino: $26.2 million
3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: $24.2 million
4. Notorious: $24 million
5. Hotel for Dogs: $22.5 million
6. Bride Wars: $14 million
7. The Unborn: $11 million
8. Defiance: $10.7 million
9. Marley and Me: $7.5 million
10. Slumdog Millionaire: $7.2 million


-Henrik Batallones, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Variety
(Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures)