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Jason hacks up box office

The 2009 makeover of the original Friday the 13th movie, with a more Jason-centric storyline and a fresh cast that includes Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki, did runaway business at the box office over the Friday the 13th weekend, scoring a solid $40.7 million at the box office against a $19 million production budget, over twice as much as the nearest competition. That secured a solid first place in the box office race.

In second position was last week’s champion, He’s Just Not That Into You, which added only $19.6 million in its second weekend of release. Taken, the proving-durable action-suspense drama starring Liam Neeson, was only a whisper behind for third place with $19.0 million in its third week. Confessions Of A Shopaholic took in a disappointing $15 million for fourth place, and the Top Five was rounded out by Coraline, which took in $14.7 million.

Sixth place saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop hanging in there with $11 million in its fifth week of release, enough to beat out the most disappointing wide release movie of the week, The International, which opened in seventh place with $9.3 million against a $50 million production budget.