Paranormal Activity 4 is #1

For the weekend of Oct 19-21.

1.  Paranormal Activity 4 - $30.2 million - 1 wk (Par)
 . . . 3412 screens / $8851 per screen
2.  Argo - $16.63 ($43.19) - 2 wks (WB) -14.6%
 . . . 3247 / $5120
3.  Hotel Transylvania - $13.5 ($119) - 4 wks (Sony) -21.7%
 . . . 3014 / $4479
4.  Taken 2 - $13.4 ($105.97) - 3 wks (Fox) -38.7%
 . . . 3489 / $3841
5.  Alex Cross - $11.75 - 1 wk (Sum)
 . . . 2539 / $4628
6.  Sinister - $9.03 ($31.95) - 2 wks (Sum) -49.9%
 . . . 2542 / $3552
7.  Here Comes the Boom - $8.5 ($23.2) - 2 wks (Sony) -28.1%
 . . . 3014 / $2820
8.  Pitch Perfect - $7 ($45.77) - 4 wks (U) -24.4%
 . . . 2660 / $2635
9.  Frankenweenie - $4.43 ($28.34) - 3 wks (BV) -37.1%
 . . . 2362 / $1877
10. Looper - $4.2 ($57.8) - 4 wks (TrS) -32.3%
 . . . 2223 / $1889
11. Seven Psychopaths - $3.31 ($9.19) - 2 wks (CBS) -20.8%
 . . . 1480 / $2233

Paranormal Activity 4 may not have opened as high as its predecessors, and it may have the worst reviews of the bunch, but it still opened to $30 million on a $5 million budget.  PA5 is guaranteed for October 2013.

Argo is showing great staying power.

Tyler Perry didn't direct Alex Cross, and it doesn't seem like the kind of movie his fanbase would see.