This being Halloween month it does my heart good to see that the walking dead rule the box office. The horror comedy Zombieland took top honors, finally pushing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to number two after the animated comedy had enjoyed two weeks at number one. Here’s the top five: **
- Zombieland:](Zombieland (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $24.7 million
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:](Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $15.8 million
- Toy Story / Toy Story 2: $12.5 million
- Surrogates:](Surrogates (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $7.2 million
- The Invention of Lying:](The Invention of Lying (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $7 million
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Just the one film going into wide release this week:**
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**](Couples Retreat (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)**Couples Retreat](Couples Retreat (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: A comedy about four couples heading to a tropical paradise for sun, sand and surf. Unbeknownst to most of them, however, is that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is mandatory.
Why It Might Do Well: The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, and Kristen Bell, all of whom I have found entertaining at one point or another. **
Why It Might Not Do Well: There are only three reviews posted so far so this isn’t very scientific, but Rottentomatoes.com is giving this 0%.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: $22 million