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Well, as correctly predicted by myself, it was indeed the attack of the 50-foot woman in 3-D at the box office. Monsters vs. Aliens won the weekend with a haul of $58 million, topping Watchmen for the best weekend opening of 2009 so far. Also, from what I gather, this may rank as the biggest 3-D opening of all time with , although it’s hard to say as the release showed up in 3-D in 1,550 of its over 4,100 theaters. It’s estimated the 3-D version could have taken in around $32 million.

In other news the horror genre keeps on rolling along as The Haunting in Connecticut finished with $23 million, one of the better horror showings in 2009. That has to be the other big story of the week — the fact that people keep on shelling out for horror movies. And this weekend’s big box office disappointment has to be 12 Rounds, which only brought in $5.3 mil.

Here’s a look at the final numbers.

1. Monsters Vs. Aliens – $58,200,000
2. The Haunting in Connecticut – $23,010,000
3. Knowing – $14,705,000
4. I Love You, Man – $12,600,000
5. Duplicity – $7,556,000
6. Race to Witch Mountain – $5,637,000
7. 12 Rounds – $5,300,000
8. Watchmen – $2,755,000
9. Taken – $2,700,000
10. The Last House on the Left (2009) – $2,611,000

So that’s the weekend box office — and sorry it took so long to post this update. I understand the website was taken over by a few monsters and aliens over the weekend, but it seems the tech people have taken care of them.

Back with more later this week here at the Reject Report!