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"Contagion" has infected enough moviegoers to catch the top spot at the box office.

The college thriller "The Roommate" has moved into the top spot at the box office with a $15.6 million debut during a typically slow Super Bowl weekend in which the National Football League championship game preoccupies movie fans.

Will Ferrell's plot to take over the weekend box office has succeeded.

Movie fans have bookmarked the Facebook drama "The Social Network" as their weekend favorite.

Piranha 3D, the bloody remake (more or less) of the original Piranha film, failed to bite into the box office total of The Expendables, which held onto its top box office ranking.

The new Piranha 3D film only managed sixth place in its opening weekend, which might be welcomed by residents of Lake Havasu, AZ.

Fangs ain't what they used to be - Twilight may be a top box office draw but old timer Dracula has been voted the top screen vampire.

*As expected, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" has taken over the box office with a Wednesday total of $7.4 million in the U.S. and $12.7 million overseas -- a worldwide sum of $20.1 million on its first full day in theaters.

Distributor Sony said the $7.4 million domestic haul is the best ever for a movie on a Wednesday in October, reports the AP.

"This Is It" was easily the No. 1 film domestically, coming in ahead of the $1.5 million gross for "Paranormal Activity," last weekend's top box-office earner.