The great news for the movie industry: Even though moviegoing is down for this time of year, the weekend managed to best the same weekend last year. That's good news for the film industry anytime, but is especially welcome in our less-than-perfect economic times. And the lesson they'll surely take from all of this: More martial arts movies and more from the Apatow Factory (if that's even possible, considering how many movies he churns out in a year as some combination of producer/director/writer).

Coming in at a distant No. 3 was Prom Night, which is to be expected since horror films usually have a strong opening weekend and then taper off. Horror fans are loyal, after all, and they almost always head to the movies on opening weekend. The horror remake's take was $9.7 million on 2,700 screens.

The week's sob story: Al Pacino doesn't have the power to fight off a litany of negative reviews and a terrible trailer, apparently, as 88 Minutes opened in fourth, bringing in $6.8 million on 2,200 screens. Still, that's more than one might expect for a movie that was called "preposterous," "absurd," "ridiculous," "ludicrous," "guilelessly, idiotically misogynist," "a stinker" and even a "slimy, slug-minded mystery thriller" by some of the world's top film critics.

Rounding out the weekend box office top 10 are: 5. Nim's Island, $5.7 million; 6. 21, $5.5 million; 7. Street Kings, $4.0 million; 8. Horton Hears a Who, $3.5 million; 9. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, $3.2 million; 10. Leatherheads, $3.0 million.