Box Office Results

1. "A Christmas Carol," $31 million.

2. "Michael Jackson's This Is It," $14 million.
3. "The Men Who Stare at Goats," $13.3 million.
4. "The Fourth Kind," $12.5 million.
5. "Paranormal Activity," $8.6 million.
6. "The Box," $7.9 million.
7. "Couples Retreat," $6.4 million.
8. "Law Abiding Citizen," $6.2 million.
9. "Where the Wild Things Are," $4.2 million.
10. "Astro Boy," $2.6 million.

CAROLINE: As expected, the big animated spectacle, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" took the #1 spot this weekend.

RYAN: I thought it would be a lot higher though.

CAROLINE: It's just so entirely too early for a Christmas movie.

RYAN: But it's never too early for an amazing movie.

CAROLINE: You really need to settle down. Not everyone is as gung-ho about this director as you are.

RYAN: I do wanna see it again in the theater.

CAROLINE: Well you have plenty of time until Christmas.

RYAN: 'Tis true.

CAROLINE: Meanwhile, "This is It" hasn't made $100 million yet.

RYAN: I wonder if it will. It should. People really need to see both of these movies in the theater.

CAROLINE: Barely anybody got out to see "The Box," regardless of Cameron Diaz.

RYAN: Now I'm curious to see it just to find out how bad it really is.

CAROLINE: I think I'll trust the bad B.O. to speak for it.