The top movies at the North American box office

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Sun Mar 1, 2009 4:34pm GMT

 LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10
films at the North American box office for the three-day
weekend beginning on Feb. 27, led again by "Madea Goes to
Jail," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by
Reuters.
 1 (1) Madea Goes to Jail ............ $16.5 million
 2 (*) Jonas Brothers . $12.7 million
 3 (5) Slumdog Millionaire ........... $12.2 million
 4 (3) Taken .......... $10.0 million
 5 (4) He's Just Not That Into You ... $ 5.9 million
 6 (7) Paul Blart: Mall Cop .......... $ 5.6 million
 7 (2) Coraline ....... $ 5.3 million
 8 (*) Street Fighter . $ 4.7 million
 9 (8) Confessions of a Shopaholic ... $ 4.5 million
10 (9) Fired Up ....... $ 3.8 million
 NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new
release.
 TOTALS TO DATE
 Paul Blart: Mall Cop .............. $128.1 million
 Slumdog Millionaire ............... $115.1 million
 Taken .............. $107.9 million
 He's Just Not That Into You ....... $ 78.5 million
 Madea Goes to Jail . $ 64.9 million
 Coraline ........... $ 61.1 million
 Confessions of a Shopaholic ....... $ 33.7 million
 Jonas Brothers ..... $ 12.7 million
 Fired Up ........... $ 10.1 million
 Street Fighter ..... $  4.7 million
 "Madea Goes to Jail" was released by Lionsgate, a unit of
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (LGF.N).
 "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" was released by
Walt Disney Pictures, and "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by
Touchstone Pictures. Both are units of Walt Disney Co (DIS.N).
 "Slumdog Millionaire" was released by Fox Searchlight.
"Taken" and "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" were
released by Twentieth Century Fox. Both are units of News Corp.
(NWSA.O)
 "He's Just Not That Into You" was released by Warner Bros,
a unit of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N).
 "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" was released by Columbia Pictures,
and "Fired Up" by Screen Gems. Both are units of Sony Corp
(6758.T) (SNE.N).
 "Coraline" was released by Focus Features, a unit of
General Electric Co's (GE.N) NBC Universal.
 (Editing by Eric Beech)
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