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‘Unknown’ Bests ‘I Am Number Four’ on Sluggish Holiday Weekend

In another win for Liam Neeson and his adult fans, Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment’s action-thriller Unknown scored a surprise victory in besting Alex Pettyfer teen sci-fi adventure I Am Number Four at the President’s Day box office.

The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, February 20, 2011 are as follows:

RankFilm NameDistributor NameWeekend RevenueCume RevenueLocsLoc Avg
1UnknownWarner Bros.21,770,00021,770,0003,0437,154
2I Am Number FourDisney19,500,00019,500,0003,1546,182
3Gnomeo & JulietDisney19,400,00050,420,5323,0146,436
4Just Go With ItSony18,200,00060,755,9643,5485,129
5Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son20th Century Fox17,000,00017,000,0002,8216,026
6Justin Bieber: Never Say NeverParamount13,600,00048,472,7493,1184,361
7King’s Speech, TheThe Weinstein Company6,565,619103,277,5952,0863,147
8Roommate, TheSony4,100,00032,693,5642,1601,898
9Eagle, TheFocus Features3,558,70015,065,8982,2961,549
10No Strings AttachedParamount3,120,00066,033,2871,9661,586
11True GritParamount2,408,000164,125,5031,4651,643
12SanctumUniversal1,576,66521,885,4501,3771,14

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