This being Halloween month it does my heart good to see that the walking dead rule the box office. The horror comedy Zombieland took top honors, finally pushing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to number two after the animated comedy had enjoyed two weeks at number one. Here's the top five:
1. Zombieland: $24.7 million
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $15.8 million
3. Toy Story / Toy Story 2: $12.5 million
4. Surrogates: $7.2 million
5. The Invention of Lying: $7 million

Just the one film going into wide release this week:

Couples Retreat
What's It All About: A comedy about four couples heading to a tropical paradise for sun, sand and surf. Unbeknownst to most of them, however, is that participation in the resort's couples therapy is mandatory.
Why It Might Do Well: The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, and Kristen Bell, all of whom I have found entertaining at one point or another.
Why It Might Not Do Well: There are only three reviews posted so far so this isn't very scientific, but Rottentomatoes.com is giving this 0%.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: $22 million


Does romantic comedy have what it takes to slay the undead? We'll see. Here's my prediction for next weekend:
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying

The pattern I noticed while totaling this week's scores was that many of us expected Whip It to perform better than it did. Four of us tied for first so a hearty thumbs up to English Gavz, Sebastian and Vera. Here's how we all did:
1. English Gavz: 11
1. Matt: 11
1. Sebastian: 11
1. Vera: 11
2. WJDR: 10
3. lostinafog: 9
3. greatone: 9
3. Garrett: 9
4. Danny s.: 8
5. Eneko: 7
5. forgotaboutgabe: 7
5. Ryan: 7
5. Smiggy: 7
6. TheCritic28: 5
7. CParis: 4

Post your predictions for the top five movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One point for every top five movie correctly named, two points for every correct placement, and one extra point for the top movie.