Rentrak Theatrical, a business unit of Rentrak Corporation today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of March 6 through March 8, 2009 according to the company’s Box Office Essentials(TM) theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of 9:30AM Pacific on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Rentrak Theatrical include:
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross | Locations |
| 1 | Watchmen | $55,655,000 | 3611 |
| 2 | Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail | $8,800,000 | 2151 |
| 3 | Taken | $7,450,000 | 3016 |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,925,000 | 2890 |
| 5 | Paul Blart Mall Cop | $4,200,000 | 2558 |
| 6 | He’s Just Not That Into You | $4,020,000 | 2445 |
| 7 | Coraline | $3,313,497 | 1959 |
| 8 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $3,121,000 | 2290 |
| 9 | Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert | $2,785,000 | 1276 |
| 10 | Fired Up | $2,600,000 | 1798 |
| 11 | Gran Torino | $2,100,000 | 1520 |
| 12 | The Reader | $2,086,051 | 1175 |
