Weekend Box Office: The Social Network Clicks to Top

The most buzzed-about launch of the fall season, The Social Network met (but did not exceed) expectations with a $23-million start, while hard-R vampire thriller Let Me In proved to be a classic tweener: too bloody violent for upscale smart-house crowds and too European for mainstream gore-hounds. Anthony D'Alessandro explains: Sony?s PG-13 Facebook origin myth The Social Network effortlessly clicked its way to the top box office spot with $23 million ? a number which was in line with studio estimates, but fell short of crashing any ticket booth?s computer with a fall record.� Two R-rated thrillers, Overture?s vampire remake Let Me In�and Paramount?s Renee Zellweger-Bradley Cooper vehicle Case 39, each cannibalized their target femme demo, tying with $5.3 million apiece. The weekend's second place is ...

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