Race to Witch Mountain tops weekend box office

Warner Bros.’ “Watchmen” wilted under the pressure in its second weekend as Disney’s family adventure “Race to Witch Mountain” sped to No. 1 with $25 million in estimated opening grosses.

“Watchmen” dropped a big 67% from its opening domestic grosses to register $18.1 million in second place. Universal’s Rogue-produced horror pic “The Last House on the Left” bowed in third place with $14.7 million, while Fox Atomic’s youth comedy “Miss March” stumbled into theaters with just $2.4 million in 10th place.

Industrywide, the $101 million weekend represented a 16% decline from the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI. It was only the second year-over-year weekend decline this year, with industryites citing a tough comparison with a year-ago session topped by the $45 million opening of “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!”

The industry boxoffice is tracking 2% ahead of the same portion of last year, at $1.88 billion. But the year-to-date uptick is deceptively modest due to seasonal fluctuations in the boxoffice calendar.

1. Race to Witch Mountain $25,000,000 (Cumulative Gross $25,000,000)
2. Watchmen $18,070,000 (Cumulative Gross $86,005,000)
3. The Last House on the Left $14,658,000 (Cumulative Gross $14,658,000)
4. Taken $6,650,000 (Cumulative Gross $126,833,000)
5. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail $5,130,000 (Cumulative Gross $83,209,000)
6. Slumdog Millionaire $5,025,000 (Cumulative Gross $132,625,000)
7. Paul Blart: Mall Cop $3,100,000 (Cumulative Gross $137,767,000)
8. He’s Just Not That Into You $2,905,000 (Cumulative Gross $89,004,000)
9. Coraline $2,655,000 (Cumulative Gross $69,144,000)
10. Miss March $2,350,000 (Cumulative Gross $2,350,000)
11. Confessions of a Shopaholic $2,004,000 (Cumulative Gross $41,357,000)
12. Fired Up! $1,650,000 (Cumulative Gross $15,435,000)