After spending last week on at the top spot, animated science fantasy flick, Monsters vs. Aliens fell to the No. 2 spot behind the fourth installment fo the Fast and the Furious franchise.
The only sci fi flick to debut this weekend was Alien Trespass, the 50′s-era sci-fi comedy spook starring Eric McCormick, which debuted at No. 29 on the genre movie list and No. 29 overall with just over $10 million.
Genre films set to debut next week: Dragonball Evolution is set for wide release.
Following are the Top 10 speculative fiction movies in release in North America for the weekend of April 3-5, 2009.
RANK #. (Overall Rank) Title – Weekend Gross | Total Gross [Budget]
- (2) Monsters vs. Aliens – $33.5 million | 105.7 million [$175 million]
- (3) The Haunting in Connecticut – $9.55 million | 37.2 million [N/A]
- (4) Knowing – $8.1 million | $58.3 million [N/A]
- (6) Race to Witch Mountain- $3.4 million | $58.4 million [N/A]
- (13) Watchmen – $1.1 million | $105.4 million [$150 million]
- (19) Coraline – $0.2 million | $74.3 million [N/A]
- (22) Push – $0.14 million | $31.3 million [$38 million]
- (23) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – $0.13 million | $127.2 million [$150 million]
- (29) Alien Trespass – $0.04 million | $0.04 million [N/A]
- (33) Fanboys – $0.02 million | $0.6 million [N/A]
Source: Box Office Mojo – list only includes science fiction, spy fi, fantasy and dark fantasy/horror titles.