Paramount PicturesParanormal Activity has gone where The Blair Witch Project didn't: to No. 1.
The bedroom-bound chiller won the box-office battle of the horror movies over Saw VI, and, in its fifth weekend, led the the weekend competition with an estimated $22 million Friday-Sunday take.
In second place, the debuting Saw VI ($14.8 million) was the smallest Saw yet, but still relatively big—a phrase that could not be used to describe two other new releases, Astro Boy ($7 million) and Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ($6.3 million).
Stay tuned for the rest of the Top 10—and an update on the search for Hilary Swank's missing-in-action Amelia.