Fast & Furious Beats Monsters

Fast & Furious, starring Vin Diesel, raked in $72.5 million in its opening weekend, while Reese Witherspoon's Monsters vs. Aliens dropped to second place with $33.5 million. Hollywood is enjoying a monster year so far with box office receipts up 14.5 percent over 2008.

1. Fast & Furious, $72.5 million

2. Monsters vs. Aliens, $33.5 million

3. The Haunting in Connecticut, $9.6 million

4. Knowing, $8.1 million

5. I Love You, Man, $7.9 million

6. Adventureland, $6 million

7. Duplicity, $4.3 million

8. Race to Witch Mountain, $3.4 million

9. 12 Rounds, $2.3 million

10. Sunshine Cleaning, $1.9 million

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