Below are the top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:

1. Michael Jackson's This Is It - $23,234,394
2. Paranormal Activity- $16,387,327
3. Law Abiding Citizen- $7,403,630
4. Couples Retreat - $6,460,525
5. Where The Wild Things Are - $5,931,417
6. Saw VI - $5,270,794
7. Astro Boy - $3,460,651
8. The Stepfather - $3,207,792
9. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - $3,098,185
10. Amelia - $3,034,667
11. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - $2,747,476
12. Zombieland - $2,620,655

Overall, the US Box Office was down 25% on last weekend's gross.

Michael Jackson led a rather depressed box office this weekend with his make-shift tribute documentary THIS IS IT entering first place with a strong $23.2M, having earned a total of $34M since opening on Wednesday. This is a great result for the film which has received mixed reviews, questioning its intentions as either a cash grab or a tribute that does not do justice to the King Of Pop. However, enough fans rallied together to see this concert film/documentary rise to the top, and it will likely continue to do good business in the coming weeks.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY had to make way for Michael Jackson but it still managed to bring in a great haul of $16.3M over the weekend to land in second place. The film has now earned $84.6M since opening. There is talk around Hollywood now of the resurgence of the "handicam film", and thanks to the breakout success of this simple but effective chiller of a movie, we are likely to see copycats coming out of the woodwork.

The remainder of the Top 12 did not fare as well, largely thanks to Halloween falling on a Saturday which kneecapped a lot of them. Of particular interest is WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and SAW VI, both of which suffered big drops in their totals compared to last weekend, dropping below films that opened before them in LAW ABIDING CITIZEN and COUPLES RETREAT. SAW VI is safe, having earned back twice its production budget, but WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is in a bit of trouble, having only earned $62.6M against its $100M budget.

The Top 12 at the US Box Office took in a total of $79,425,000 for the whole of the weekend 30 October - 1 November 2009.