Box Office: A Slow Weekend for Sci Fi Films

Another week with no new genre releases and the ones still in the theaters are starting to slip out of the Top 20. The Lion King again lorded over the Box Office, grabbing the Number 1 slot for a second week in a row and Contagion slipped from the Number 2 slot to Number 6 in its third week of release.

Genre Films at the Box Office the Weekend of September 23-25 (Based on Early Estimates):
The Lion King 3D Rank - 1 (LW - 1) / Revenue - $22.1 MM / Fresh Rating - 88%
Contagion Rank - 6 (LW - 2) / Revenue - $8.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 82%
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rank - 13 (LW - 9) / Revenue - $1.8 MM / Fresh Rating - 81%
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Rank - 17 (LW - 12) / Revenue - $0.7 MM / Fresh Rating - 22%
The Smurfs Rank - 18 (LW - 15) / Revenue - $0.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 20%
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Rank - 19 (LW - 17) / Revenue - $0.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 59%
Cowboys & Aliens Rank - 20 (LW - 22) / Revenue - $0.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 43%

Source: Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo / Fresh Rating - Rotten Tomatoes