'Warm Bodies' Scares Its Way To #1

[Vinnie P]

Zombies took over the weekend box office with Warm Bodies over Sylvester Stallone's action flick, Bullet to the Head. The film took in $20 million during Super Bowl weekend to claim the top spot. It is about a zombie whose love for a human helps him revert back.

Last weekend's top film, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, fell to #2 with $9.2 million, bringing its total to $34.4 million.

Bradley Cooper's Silver Linings Playbook landed at #3 with $8.1 million; the Universal horror film Mama fell to #4 with $6.8 million; and Zero Dark Thirty closes out the top 5 with $5.3 million.

Stallone's Bullet To The Head took in $4.5 million to debut at #6.

That's a wrap for this weekend. This upcoming week, look out for the release of the comedy Identity Thief, and the Jude Law crime drama, Side Effects.

This weekend's top 10 is as follows:

1. "Warm Bodies," $20 million.
2. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $9.2 million.
3. "Silver Linings Playbook," $8.1 million.
4. "Mama," $6.7 million.
5. "Zero Dark Thirty," $5.3 million.
6. "Bullet to the Head," $4.5 million.
7. "Parker," $3.2 million.
8. "Django Unchained," $3 million.
9. "Les Miserables," $2.4 million.
10. "Lincoln," $2.4 million.

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