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Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 4 topped the domestic box office chart with $30.2 million, but it lagged notably behind the past two films in the hit Halloween franchise. There are signs of franchise fatigue the film’s opening was 43 percent behind Paranormal Activity 3’s $52.6 million debut a year ago and 26 percent behindParanormal Activity 2’s opening in 2009.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of data collected on SUnday, October 21, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 4 | Paramount | $30,200,000 | 3,412 | 8,851 | $30,200,000 |
| 2 | Argo | Warner Bros. | $16,625,000 | 3,247 | 5,120 | $43,191,489 |
| 3 | Hotel Transylvania | Sony | $13,500,000 | 3,384 | 3,989 | $119,020,955 |
| 4 | Taken 2 | 20th Century Fox | $13,400,000 | 3,489 | 3,840 | $105,971,469 |
| 5 | Alex Cross | Lionsgate | $11,750,000 | 2,539 | 4,627 | $11,750,000 |
| 6 | Sinister | Lionsgate | $9,030,000 | 2,542 | 3,552 | $31,950,168 |
| 7 | Here Comes The Boom | Sony | $8,500,000 | 3,014 | 2,820 | $23,224,328 |
| 8 | Pitch Perfect | Universal | $7,009,100 | 2,660 | 2,635 | $45,769,448 |
| 9 | Frankenweenie | Disney | $4,434,000 | 2,362 | 1,877 | $28,343,000 |
| 10 | Looper | Sony | $4,200,000 | 2,223 | 1,889 | $57,840,132 |
| 11 | Seven Psychopaths | CBS Films | $3,305,000 | 1,480 | 2,233 | $9,192,992 |
| 12 | Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The | Lionsgate | $2,150,000 | 745 | 2,885 | $9,120,625 |
