The science-fiction thriller “I Am Legend” will...

The science-fiction thriller “I Am Legend” will top this weekend’s box-office results in the U.S. and Canada and become one of the holiday season’s highest-grossing movies. The family film “Alvin and the Chipmunks” could finish a distant No. 2. These figures are Times projections only. Studio estimates will be issued Sunday, and final results Monday.

Source: Times research

Los Angeles Times

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Movie

(studio)

3-day

Projecte Weeks prediction(millions) total

(m illions)

1 I Am Legend (Warner Bros.) $52.7 $52.7 1

2

Alvin and the 19.2 19.2 1 Chipmunks

(20th Century Fox)

3 The Golden Compass (New Line) 13.3 45.8 2

4 Enchanted (Disney) 6.8 93.3 4

5

The Perfect Holiday

4.2 6.0 1 (Yari Film Group)

6 No Country for Old Men 3.8 34.5 6 (Miramax)

7 Fred Claus (Warner Bros.) 3.3 70.1 6

8 This Christmas (Sony) 3.0 46.9 4

9 August Rush (Warner Bros.) 2.4 28.9 4

10 Beowulf (Paramount) 2.4 80.6 5 *--*